Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca

By Kirby Vickery from the August 2016 Edition [The following, extracted from Tezozomoc’s Chronica Mexicana, reproduced in Lord Kingsborough’s great work, is valuable as giving unique facts regarding the Aztec mythology, as is the Teatro Mexicana of Vetancurt, published at Mexico in 1697-98.] In the days of Quetzalcoatl there was abundance of everything necessary for […]

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A Fight to the Life

By Kirby Vickery from the January 2016 Edition Huitzilopochtli along with his ‘father’ and ‘brother,’ Quetzalcoatl (remembering the duality of most of the Aztec gods) were two of the most worshiped gods in Mexico, where he was associated with not only the Sun and War, but was the god of fertility and rain too. Rain […]

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AZTEC MEDICINE

By Kirby Vickery from the June 2015 Edition Over the past year I have had a lot of fun telling Aztec mythology stories. I have come to believe that their society was a lot closer to their mythology than other ancient peoples. For western man most all mythology belief has melded, into religion in one form […]

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Manzanillo Sun article

A little about June

By Kirby Vickery from the June 2015 Edition I’ll bet that when you sat down to read this you thought it would be another one of those essays where the author lists out a whole bunch of things about the month and then glorifies some of the numerous happenstances which have occurred in various places. According […]

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Aztec Maize

By Kirby Vickery from the May 2015 Edition Although the Conquistadors of the 1500’s would argue for gold and other hard treasure and today’s historians would argue for legumes, pepper, cocoa, or even tobacco; corn would be my vote for the greatest discovery they brought back with them. 80% of the crop in the United States goes […]

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A Backward Glance

By Kirby Vickery from the May 2015 Edition I have been putting this series together for a number of months with the help of friends both of Anglo and of Hispanic heritage. There has arisen a discussion as to the rightfulness of the northern Mexican border, its acquisition, and placement geographically. I have found an excellent article […]

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