The Aztecs and the Maya

I don’t so much mind Xitlali’s comment. I think they have righteous anger. To the point about pronunciation I would love to know how Xitlali pronounces their name. The language sounds so beautiful to the ear. Sorry if I misspelled your name.

Xitlali took a hostile approach, but the question was valid. Calling our words unpronounceable has been a consistent tool for dehumanizing us. This site is usually better than that.

Why say that you can pronounce our names? This is where you white people always feel entitled to treat indigenous people one way or another. You colonizer really don’t get it. Wish your people never touched our sacred land, and remain in your own continent. All you Europeans brought was filth, disease and ignorance.

Bro whoever is comment 12 keep on yappin buddy.

Call me crazy, but I have noticed that Aztec art, at least as seen in the Codex Borgia, looks remarkably similar to Tibetan Buddhist art.

I’m sorry but comment number 11 is complete nonsense.

For the ancient Maya, each letter has a weight, a number, a vibration, and a color. Names and numbers are very important. The sum of the letters in a name has a weight that gives a vibration that gives color, sound, and shadow. If a letter is added or removed, the meaning, weight, color, sound, and shadow will change.
The Maya-Lacandón still believe that the date, time, weather, and place where a child is born, and the name given to the child, will affect him for the rest of his life. Names and dates are very important. When a name was chosen by the Ājq’Ij (Spiritual Guide) the name should not be changed.
“That is why the name is Maya, not Mayan,” said the Elder, “the white men want to take our shadow, our weight, our music.” Maya Elder Notes — MOB. Mayan is a word that some authors started using in the 70’s.

Note to Flor Armenta. The slaughter of the indigenous peoples of Mexico, commencing with Hernan Cortez’ overthrow of the Aztec empire was brutal as was its subsequent enslaving and forced conversions on pain of death. Far more people died from the Spanish conquest of Mexico than the British (Not that they were less brutal, just that they never conquered much territory in the Americas). This is such an important a part of the history of the continent.

@Moctezuma - If the Aztecs were really so violent and killed their own people to the same degree the Europeans did, the society would’ve collapsed very quickly and this webpage wouldn’t exist.

Like the Aztecs were so peaceful. They were bloody and violent. They flayed people in the name of their bloody religion. I’m part Aztec or at least I’m a descendant of the Mexica and I am not proud of it.

When the Spanish came here, they didn’t bring any women, those Natives was raped and slaughtered, and they brought attack dogs . Ain’t nothing nice about any greedy European, and there lust for riches and power !!!!!!

Hey random question but when was this article published? And who’s your publisher?

Mexicans are mostly a mixed breed between the indegenous people some of Mayan and Aztec decent, and the Spanish who, did not slaugter them like the English did, but colonized by inbreed..

I really like the information given here. I am s student archaeologist studying the ancient Maya and was inspired to study this civilization due to my native heritage from Mexico. I do wonder a lot if the Maya were the same people as the Aztecs/Mexica but at a much later period in time? Because there is a lot of similarities in culture and traditions that should be considered for scholars naming them “different people”. I recently started identifying myself as Mexica/Maya because I was born in Mexico and have family roots embedded in that land but also feel pretty Maya at heart. Thank you!

Yes, my name is Hayden and Im mexican, no I do not live in US,i live in Mexico City, and im glad there is people that really investigate what are they doing, not like the movies, were they always but Mexico as a desert. this is a really accurate document of our story, thank for the info!

This article really helped me a lot thank you for putting your time and effort into this work I love you

Why don’t people in mexico identify themselves as of mayan or of aztec decent? why do they call themselves mexican? Is Mexico considered a construct of the Spanish imperialism? or is Mexico/Mexican considered their own making?