HIST 380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Huitzilihuitl
6 Oct 2018
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Bernal d az wrote heran n cort s" biography, and both were amazed by the beauty of the aztec empire. The conquest was far more complicated than described by the spaniards of the time. Many people in current time only hear the conquest from the point of view of the conquerors. Western thought is that history and myth are completely different however history can often include myths. Some call it the myth is (mis)communication. Ozomatzinteuctli is tired of people asking to marry. Miahuaxihuitl so he locks her up with his magical powers. Huitzilihuitl wants to make miahuaxihuitl one of his wives, but ozomatzinteuctli says no. Huitzilihuitl gets a plan in his dreams and his elders say to go for it. Huitzilihuitl makes an arrow with a jade stone inside and shoots it into miahuaxihuitl"s courtyard. Miahuaxihuitl breaks the arrow, checks to see if the jade is real, accidentally swallows it and becomes pregnant.
