Ake sibone manje ukuthi kungani izindawo ezingcwele zeMeya yaseTemplo zinikezelwe eHuitzilopochtli naseTláloc. Usho kanjalo amaFranciscan:
Umbhoshongo omkhulu wabo bonke wawuphakathi futhi uphakeme kunabo bonke, wawunikelwe kunkulunkulu uHuitzilopochtli ... Lo mbhoshongo wahlukaniswa phezulu, ukuze ubonakale ubumbili ngakho-ke wawunamasonto amabili noma ama-altare phezulu, ngalinye limboziwe onomoya, futhi phezulu ngalinye lalinemibhalo noma izimpawu zalo ezihlukile. Kwesinye sazo futhi okubaluleke kakhulu kwakuyisithombe sikaHuitzilopochtli ... kwesinye kwakuyisithombe sikankulunkulu uTlaloc. Phambi kwalinye laleli kwakukhona itshe eliyindilinga elinjengebhulokhi ababelibiza ngokuthi i-téchatl, lapho labo ababenikela ekuhlonipheni lowo nkulunkulu babebulala khona ... Le mibhoshongo yayinobuso babo ibheke entshonalanga, futhi bakhuphuka ngezitebhisi eziwumngcingo kakhulu neziqonde ...
Njengoba kungabonakala, incazelo isondele kakhulu kulokho abavubukuli abathola kamuva. Manje ake sibone ukuthi uBernal Díaz del Castillo uyalandisa kanjani kwi-True Story of the Conquest of New Spain: “Ku-altare ngalinye kwakukhona izigaxa ezimbili ezinjengezidondoshiya, ezinemizimba emide kakhulu futhi ekhuluphele kakhulu, futhi esokuqala, esasisesandleni sokudla, Bathi kwakunguHuichilobos, unkulunkulu wabo wempi ”. Ebhekisa kuTláloc uthi: "Phezulu kwayo yonke i-cu kwakukhona okunye okuqoshiwe okwenziwe ngokhuni okucebe kakhulu, futhi kwakukhona esinye isigaxa esifana nengxenye yomuntu nengxenye yesibankwa ... umzimba wawugcwele yonke imbewu eyayikuyo yonke umhlaba, futhi bathi wayengunkulunkulu wezitshalo nezithelo ... "
Kodwa babengobani labonkulunkulu? Babeqonde ukuthini? Okokuqala, sizothi i-Huitzilopochtli isho ukuthi "i-left-hand, noma i-hummingbird yaseningizimu." Lo nkulunkulu uchazwa ngale ndlela elandelayo nguSahagún:
Lo nkulunkulu obizwa ngokuthi uHuitzilopochtli wayengomunye uHercules, owayenamandla kakhulu, enamandla amakhulu futhi ethanda impi, umchithi omkhulu wabantu nombulali wabantu. Ezimpini, wayefana nomlilo ophilayo, esaba kakhulu abaphikisi bakhe ... Le ndoda, ngenxa yamandla ayo nekhono layo empini, yathandwa kakhulu ngabaseMexico ngenkathi isaphila.
Ngokuqondene neTlaloc, umlando ofanayo uyasitshela:
Lo nkulunkulu obizwa ngeTlaloc Tlamacazqui wayengunkulunkulu wezimvula.
Benze ukuthi anikeze izimvula ukunisela umhlaba, lapho imvula yadalwa khona yonke imifino, izihlahla nezithelo. Futhi babemthumelele isichotho nemibani nemibani, neziphepho zamanzi, nezingozi zemifula nolwandle. Igama lakhe Tláloc Tlamacazqui kusho ukuthi ungunkulunkulu ohlala epharadesi lasemhlabeni, futhi onikeza amadoda isondlo esidingekayo sempilo yomzimba.
Uma kuchazwa ngaleyondlela isimilo sikankulunkulu ngamunye, singacabanga ukuthi ukuba khona kwabo ethempelini lama-Aztec kususelwa esicini esiyisisekelo: U-Huitzilopochtli, unkulunkulu welanga nowempi, kwaba nguye okwathi nsuku zonke, ngesimilo sakhe njengeLanga, wehlula ubumnyama basebusuku. . Ngamanye amagama, nguyena owayehola amabutho ama-Aztec elwa nezitha zawo futhi aphumelela ukunqoba amanye amaqembu, ayephoqeleka ukukhokha intela ngezikhathi ezithile kuTenochtitlan. Akudingeki ukuthi kushiwo, intela ingaba kumikhiqizo noma kubasebenzi, konke obekubalulekile emnothweni wama-Aztec. Kokubili ku-Mendocino Codex nasekubhalisweni kweNtela, kukhonjiswa imikhiqizo okufanele ihanjiswe ngabantu ngamunye eTenochtitlan ngezikhathi ezithile. Ngale ndlela, ama-Aztec athola inqwaba yommbila, ubhontshisi nezithelo ezahlukahlukene, nezinto ezifana nokotini, izingubo zokulala, izembatho zempi, njll., Ngaphezu kwemikhiqizo efana nezikhumba ze-jaguar, iminenke, amagobolondo, izimpaphe zezinyoni, amatshe aluhlaza, i-lime. , izinkuni ..., ngamafuphi, izinto ezingenakubalwa, noma ngabe kumikhiqizo eqediwe noma izinto zokusetshenziswa.
Akulula ukuthola izithombe zalo nkulunkulu. Njengoba inkolelo yokuzalwa kwakhe ilandisa, wazalwa ngonyawo "oluncane". Kokunye ukumelwa kwama-codex ubonakala ne-hummingbird ekhanda lakhe. Ukuhamba kwayo esibhakabhakeni, esimweni sayo njengonkulunkulu welanga, kunquma ukuma kweMeya yeTemplo, futhi ubudlelwane bayo neningizimu kungenxa yokuthi iLanga, ebusika, lincike ngaseningizimu, njengoba sizobona kamuva.
Izingoma eziningana zempi zenziwa ngokuhlonipha unkulunkulu nomsebenzi wempi, njengoba kungabonakala kulayini olandelayo:
O, Montezuma; oh, Nezahualcóyotl; oh, Totoquihuatzin, waluka, wafaka umfelandawonye wamakhosana: Ngokuphazima kweso okungenani ujabulele amadolobha akho owawungamakhosi phezu kwawo! Isithabathaba soKhozi, isithabathaba seTigre, futhi, siyindawo yokulwa eMexico City. Izimbali ezinhle zempi zenza ukubhonga, ziyaqhaqhazela uze ube lapha. Lapho ukhozi luba ngumuntu, lapho ihlosi liyakhala eMexico: uyabusa lapho, Motecuzoma!
Endabeni yeTláloc, ubukhona bayo babudalwe ngenye yezinsika zomnotho wama-Aztec: ukukhiqizwa kwezolimo. Ngempela, bekukuye ukuthi athumele izimvula ngesikhathi futhi angazidluli, ngoba kungadala ukufa kwezitshalo, kufane nokuthi uthumele isichotho noma isithwathwa. Kungakho kwakubalulekile ukugcina ibhalansi kankulunkulu ngemikhuba efanele eyayigujwa ezinyangeni ezithile, kungaba kuye noma konkulunkulu abahlobene naye, njengama-tlaloques, abasizi bakhe; UXilonen, unkulunkulukazi wamabele amancane; UChalchiuhtlicue, umkakhe, njll.
UTlaloc wayemelwe, kusukela ezikhathini ezikude kakhulu, nezimpawu zakhe zokuvala amehlo noma izindandatho ezazizungeze amehlo akhe; amazinyo amabili amakhulu aphuma emlonyeni wawo nolimi lwemfoloko lwenyoka. Ezinye izinto ezigcwalise isithombe sakhe yizindlebe kanye nesigqoko.
Ingoma isifikile kunkulunkulu wamanzi, ethi:
Umnikazi wamanzi nemvula, ingabe kukhona mhlawumbe, ingabe mhlawumbe kukhulu njengakho? Ungunkulunkulu wolwandle.Zingaki izimbali zakho, zingaki izingoma zakho.Ngazo ngiyajabula ngezulu elinemvula.Ngingumculi nje: imbali iyinhliziyo yami: Nginikela ingoma yami.
Kusukela emsebenzini wabo bobabili onkulunkulu ukusinda kukaTenochtitlan kwakufanele kutholakale. Kwakungekhona ngenhlanhla-ke ukuthi bobabili babehlala endaweni yodumo eThempelini Elikhulu. Kusukela kulokhu kutholakale ubumbili obuyisisekelo beMexico yangaphambi kweSpanishi: ubumbano bokufa kwempilo. Esokuqala, esasikhona eTlaloc, sasihlobene nokugcinwa, nezithelo ezazizokondla umuntu; okwesibili, ngempi nokufa, okungukuthi, ngayo yonke into eyaholela umuntu ekufezeni isiphetho sakhe. Kodwa-ke, okuningi okuningi bekuvalelwe ngemuva kwesithombe salaba nkulunkulu kanye nethempeli elikhulu, elivezwe ngezinganekwane nangokomfanekiso okwenza le ndawo ibe yindawo engcwele ngokugqama ...
