Explore Aztec Mythology
![](/images/icons/earthmyth_coatlicue.gif)
Coatlicue, whose name means "Serpent Skirt," was the Earth goddess of life and death in the ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/tialoc.jpg)
Tlaloc was an important deity of rain and fertility in the Aztec mythology. Aztec people were ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/moon_aztec.jpg)
Coyolxauhqui represents the Moon in the Aztec mythology. Her name means "Golden Bells." She ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sun_aztechuit.gif)
Huitzilopochtli was the patron deity in Aztec mythology. The Aztecs were an ancient civilization ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sun_aztecton.jpg)
Most of the astronomical beliefs of the Aztecs of central Mexico are known from the existing ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/aztec_venus.jpg)
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is an Aztec deity representing the planet Venus and an apparition of ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/pleiades.jpg)
The Pleiades were known to the Aztecs as Tianquiztli which means the "marketplace." The Pleiades ...
Read more
Did you know?
Did
you know that the
Sun
rotates faster at its poles than it does at its equator?
Did you know that "megalith" means "big rock", which is certainly a good description of Stonehenge?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
Plate tectonicsxPlate tectonics : The theory supported by a wide range of evidence that considers the Earth's crust and upper mantle to be composed of several large, thin, relatively rigid plates that move relative to one another.
Click on the word to find out!
Research Highlights
Researchers working in South Africa have discovered two remarkably well-preserved fossil skeletons of an ancient human ancestor dating to almost two million years ago. The discovery is described in two...
Read more![](/olpa/images/ancient_human1_sm.jpg)