Hummingbird talismans were prized as drawing sexual potency, energy, vigour and skill at arms and warfare to the wearer.
The Aztec god Huitzilopochtli is often depicted as a hummingbird. The Nahuatl word huitzil (hummingbird) is an onomatopoeic word derived from the sounds of the hummingbird's wing-beats and zooming flight.
An aerial photograph of hummingbird image at Nazca in Peru is shown on the left … The Ohlone tells the story of how Hummingbird brought fire to the world. (Wikipedia)
Friday, 3 July 2009
Aztec Hummingbird Design
The Aztecs wore hummingbird talismans, the talismans being representations as well as actual hummingbird fetishes formed from parts of real hummingbirds: emblematic for their vigour, energy and propensity to do work along with their sharp beaks that mimic instruments of weaponry, bloodletting, penetration and intimacy.
