Nahua religion
E863878
Nahua religion is the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican belief system of the Nahua peoples, centered on a complex pantheon of deities, ritual sacrifice, and cosmological cycles of creation and destruction.
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican religion
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religion ⓘ |
| associatedEmpire | Aztec Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMyth | Five Suns cosmogony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreArea | Central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Codex Borbonicus
NERFINISHED
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Codex Borgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Codex Mendoza NERFINISHED ⓘ Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
cosmological cycles of creation and destruction
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debt-payment to the gods ⓘ multiple soul components ⓘ sacred warfare (xochiyaoyotl) ⓘ teotl (sacred energy) ⓘ tonalli (animating force) ⓘ |
| hasCosmologyElement |
layered heavens
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multiple world ages ⓘ sun cycles ⓘ underworld Mictlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDeity |
Centeotl
NERFINISHED
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Chalchiuhtlicue NERFINISHED ⓘ Coatlicue NERFINISHED ⓘ Coyolxauhqui NERFINISHED ⓘ Ehecatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Huitzilopochtli NERFINISHED ⓘ Mictecacihuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Mictlantecuhtli NERFINISHED ⓘ Quetzalcoatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Tezcatlipoca NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlaloc NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlaltecuhtli NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlazolteotl NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonatiuh NERFINISHED ⓘ Xipe Totec NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiuhtecuhtli NERFINISHED ⓘ Xochipilli NERFINISHED ⓘ Xochiquetzal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPantheonType | polytheism ⓘ |
| hasPractice |
agricultural fertility rites
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bloodletting ⓘ calendar rituals ⓘ divination ⓘ ritual sacrifice ⓘ |
| hasPriesthood | tlamacazque (priests) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRitualCenter |
Templo Mayor
NERFINISHED
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Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRitualCycle |
New Fire ceremony
NERFINISHED
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veintena festivals ⓘ |
| hasRitualObject |
copal incense
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obsidian blades ⓘ paper offerings ⓘ turquoise and feather regalia ⓘ |
| hasSacrificeType |
animal sacrifice
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auto-sacrifice ⓘ human sacrifice ⓘ |
| hasSpecialist | tonalpouhqui (day-keepers) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Mesoamerican religions ⓘ |
| practicedBy | Nahua peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sacredLanguage | Classical Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Postclassic Mesoamerica
NERFINISHED
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pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| usesCalendar |
tonalpohualli
NERFINISHED
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xiuhpohualli ⓘ |
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