Mountains and Legends
Name of the smoking mountain, immortalized in legend
Popocatepetl
Mexica god of illusions, often called "Smoking Mirror"
Tezcatlipoca
Cuitlahuac
Name of the dormant volcano, also immortalized in legend
Iztaccihuatl
Name of one of the creator gods of the earth and the sky, often seen in Maya AND Teotihuacan mythology
Quetzalcoatl
Name of the indigenous man who witnessed the miracle of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
What is the name of the mountain where the Virgin of Guadalupe supposedly appeared?
Tepeyac
War god, whose name translates to "Left-handed Hummingbird"
Huitzilopochtli
Name of the famous Tlatoani (emperor/ruler) who met with Cortes
Moctezuma Xocoyotzin II
Name of the mountain where the God of Rain dwells
Mount Tlaloc (Tlalocatépetl)
Goddess of the moon, maimed by the Left-handed Hummingbird
Coyolxauhqui
Who was the indigenous interpreter of Hernan Cortes, later immortalized as a traitor?
Malintzin (Malinche)
Nahuatl name of the Cerro de la Estrella
Huizachtepetl
God of the Rain and Water
Tlaloc
Who was the last Mexica emperor, whose name translates to "Descending Eagle"?
Cuauhtemoc