Tlatoani (plural: tlatoque) is a Nahuatl term meaning "speaker" or "he who speaks," referring to the hereditary ruler or king of an Aztec altepetl (city-state). They were the highest authority, managing political, military, and religious affairs, with the supreme leader of the empire titled Huey Tlatoani ("Great Speaker").
The term tlahtoāni ([t͡ɬaʔtoˈaːniˀ]) is an agent noun derived from the verb tlahtoa, meaning "to speak", thereby carrying the literal meaning of "one who speaks". In English, it has been translated variously as "king", "sovereign", "ruler" or, based on its etymology, "speaker".
tlahtoani = ruler, dignitary, judge, speaker, great lord, king; also used in reference to various high Spanish officials. pl. may refer to a group of notables who are not rulers.
We don't exactly know if the Aztec tlatoani was considered a god or not. It is not certain but he might have been believed to possess some supernatural abilities, very similar to those of Aztec gods (or at least to those that had proper names and images).
Nahuatl histories relate that seven tribes lived in Chicomoztoc, or "the Place of the Seven Caves". Each cave represented a different Nahua group: the Xochimilca, Tlahuica, Acolhua, Tlaxcalteca, Tepaneca, Chalca, and Mexica.
People with origins from Latin America or the Caribbean may consider themselves as Latino or Hispanic, or prefer neither and consider their race to be their country of origin (such as Colombian, Dominican, or Mexican-American).
Today the descendants of the Aztecs are referred to as the Nahua. More than one-and-a-half million Nahua live in small communities dotted across large areas of rural Mexico, earning a living as farmers and sometimes selling craft work. Most Nahua worship in the local church and take part in church festivities.
It is claimed that these similarities facilitated conversion because the Aztec and Maya saw belief in Jesus as an extension of things they already knew as opposed to a complete diversion from their traditional beliefs.
The Mexica noble Cuauhtémoc, whose name roughly translates to swooping or falling eagle, was the eleventh and last tlatoani (king) of the Aztec empire. He ruled from December 1520, following Cuitáhuac's death due to smallpox, until August 1521, when the city fell to the Spanish.
SIGNIFICANCE. The term Aztec is derived from the Nahuatl language and translates as “people from Aztlán.” The myth of the ancient exodus from Aztlán has appeared in many different forms and is one of the most important myths in Aztec culture.
Tlatoani (pronounced "tlah-TOH-ah-nee") is a special word from the Nahuatl language. This was the language spoken by the Aztec people and other groups in ancient Mesoamerica.
The Aztecs were the Native American people who dominated northern Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. A nomadic culture, the Aztecs eventually settled on several small islands in Lake Texcoco where, in 1325, they founded the town of Tenochtitlan, modern-day Mexico City.
The term 'Aztec' is not used in early historical records; they called themselves 'Mexica'. The name 'Aztec' became popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, but it lacks precise historical accuracy. Using 'Aztec' is more recognizable, but 'Mexica' refers specifically to the people of Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco.
The Nahua people such as the Aztecs, Chichimecs and the Toltecs believed that the heavens were constructed and separated into 13 levels, usually called Topan or simply each one Ilhuicatl iohhui, Ilhuicatl iohtlatoquiliz. Each level had from one to many Lords (gods) living in and ruling them.
In the decades before 1492, successive crises had already thinned Spain's Jewish population through violence, forced conversion, and legal discrimination. In the aftermath of the 1391 massacres, large numbers of Jews converted to Catholicism. Continued attacks produced about 50,000 additional conversions by 1415.
Contemporary Aztec (Nahua) villages vary enormously in the degree to which they continue to practice the ancient religion and follow the old gods. Some have lost their Aztec beliefs and practice forms of Catholicism or Protestantism that are very similar to religions practiced in Europe or North America.
As the word 'Aztecs' strictly speaking only refers to the 'Mexica', the residents of the city of Tenochtitlan, it is hard to imagine that there are any real Aztecs left. But the language and elements of Aztec culture are most definitely still very much alive.
For mtDNA variation, some studies have measured Native American, European and African contributions to Mexican and Mexican American populations, revealing 85 to 90% of mtDNA lineages are of Native American origin [53,54], with the remainder having European (5-7%) or African ancestry (3-5%) [54].
Mexico does not have a single system of skin color categorization. The term "light-skinned Mexican" is often used by the government to describe individuals in Mexico who possess European physical traits when discussing ethnicity.
Italians are predominantly white, but the term "Italian" refers to nationality, not a specific ethnic group. The question of whether Italians are white is rooted in historical discrimination faced by Italian immigrants in the US.
Latinos are much more likely to prefer to date whites than blacks, and are much more likely than blacks to prefer whites, suggesting that the Latino-white boundary is less rigid than Latino-black or blackwhite boundaries. However, Latinos are also much more likely to prefer blacks than whites are.
