The Aztec Indians

           The following is information about the mythical origins, the history of their journey to present-day Mexico City, the language, and the culture of the first inhabitants of Mexico.

The Aztecs/Mexicas                   

 The Aztec Creation Story
  The birth of the Sun God
  The birth of the Plumed Serpent
 The Aztecs as a highly civilized society

 The Aztec Calendar

  Twenty days in a month with each day named after an animal
 The Aztec Gods
Indigenous Peoples of Mexico
 The Journey from Aztlan
  Time spent wandering
  Final settlement in Tenochtitlan
  The connection to the name of the prickly pear tree
  Facts  that show that present-day Mexico City is the exact location
The Nahuatl Language of the Aztecs
  The language of Nahuatl is part of a large group of Indian lnguages
  which includes some Indian languages of North American tribes.
  The language was combined with pictographs.

The Aztec Funerary Ritual

          Feelings of the Aztecs about death
The Aztecs/Mexico
Indigenous Peoples of Mexico
The N?huatl Language of the Aztecs
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