Terrible omens
Omens and divinations were part of Mexica mysticism, so it is not surprising that the wise men and Tlatoanis interpreted the strange signs that appeared before the conquest of Tenochtitlán as signals sent by the gods, a warning about the end of an era and of the cyclical battle between the gods.
The passing of a comet, the lightning strike at the Xiuhtecuhtli temple, the sudden fire of the Templo Mayor, the appearance of a "weeping woman" in the streets, crying out in the night, warning her "children" to flee.
The final omen was when a two-headed monster was discovered in the city of Tenochtitlan.
All the omens revealed the uncertainty of the future of the Mexica nation in the face of fate.
A grim future indeed.
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The passing of a comet, the lightning strike at the Xiuhtecuhtli temple, the sudden fire of the Templo Mayor, the appearance of a "weeping woman" in the streets, crying out in the night, warning her "children" to flee.
The final omen was when a two-headed monster was discovered in the city of Tenochtitlan.
All the omens revealed the uncertainty of the future of the Mexica nation in the face of fate.
A grim future indeed.
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