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Codex Borbonicus, Aztec Art |
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| The art of the pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas sometimes included the codex, a manuscript on which they illustrated stories. This page of the Codex Borbonicus, of Aztec origin, shows the Aztec gods Tezcalipoca, at center left, and Quetzalcoatl, in the form of a green serpent devouring a man. The story recorded here may relate the importance of human sacrifice in Aztec religion, as well as to the Aztec legend that Quetzalcoatl, the exiled god, would one day return to rule the Aztec people. | ||||||
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| Aztec Calendar; Aztec Empire; Pre-Columbian Religions; Native Americans of Middle and South America; Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture; Quetzalcoatl | ||||||
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