Uitzilopochtli

[ wee-tsee-loh-pohch-tlee ]

/ ˌwi tsi loʊˈpoʊtʃ tli /

Definition for uitzilopochtli (2 of 2)

Huitzilopochtli

[ wee-tsee-loh-pohch-tlee ]

/ ˌwi tsi loʊˈpoʊtʃ tli /

the Aztec god of war and of the sun.

< Nahuatl Huītzilōpōchtli, equivalent to huītzil(in) hummingbird + ōpōchtli left-hand side

Quetzalcoatl, born of a virgin; Uitzilopochtli (ball of feathers falls from heaven into his mother's breast).

An Introduction to Mythology |Lewis Spence
To sum up: Uitzilopochtli was a derivative form or determination of the Sun, and specifically of the Sun of the fair season.

Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru |Albert Rville
And this is why Tezcatlipoca, the god of the cold and dry season, rather than Uitzilopochtli, is his personal enemy.

Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru |Albert Rville
Uitzilopochtli signifies Humming-bird to the left, from Uizilin (Humming-bird), and opochtli (to the left).

Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru |Albert Rville

He must disappear and die with the god whom he represented, who must now make way for Uitzilopochtli.

Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru |Albert Rville