The Aztecs believed this Aztec god waged a continuous battle against darkness and an unseen evil power, symbolizing the eternal struggle between life and death. The Aztec god of death and lord of ...

It was the third flat Aztec monolith to be discovered ... the Mexica believed, the gods would be sated and the life cycle would go on. Without such sacrifices, the gods would perish and the ...

The latest album from Tucson rockers XIXA was inspired by a puppet show and hairless dogs. Here's how to see the band play ...

The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to the underworld every night.

Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women ... a fetus’s healthy development depended on the will of the gods. Aztec society, whose powerful empire stretched ...

For those who aren’t familiar with the Aztec deity, he’s the literal god of human sacrifice. Oh, and cannibalism. Just to give you a sense of what kind of culture the California Board of ...