wise
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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wise1 (arch.) manner, fashion. OE.
wīse (rarely
wīs) mode, condition, thing, cause, corr. to OS.
wīsa (Du.
wijze), OHG.
wīs(a) manner, custom (G.
weise), ON. *
vīs in
ǫðruvís otherwise:- Gmc. *
wīsōn, *
wīsō, f. *
wit- WIT2.
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HUITZILOPOCHTLI (diego y yo 1949). (poem)
Magazine article from: Feminist Studies; 9/22/1997; ; 562 words
; ...estampa i was born with his mark upon my forehead nina del sol huitzilopochtli daughter consort of the sun huitzilopochtli gluttonous god of war of human sacrifice huitzilopochtli his hunger exceeds my capacity to feed him i have 400 hearts...
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 "Reforma (México D.F., México)")
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Nuevo Huitzilopochtli.(Cultura)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 2/24/2003; 279 words
; "Ahora el Huitzilopochtli principal es Bush", dijo ayer el poeta nicaragense Ernesto Cardenal (Granada, 1925) despus de leer su poema "Quetzalcatl...
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Portrait of my brother as huitzilopochtli.(Poetry)(Short Story)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 9/1/2003; ; 338 words
; PORTRAIT OF MY BROTHER AS HUITZILOPOCHTLI He was her Sun Bird, the war god who talked to her even in her womb, promised to defend her against me. My brother--always...
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Templo Mayor: Rinde tributo al imperio mexica.(Primera Fila)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 10/15/2004; 700+ words
; ...pero del vientre de Coatlicue naci Huitzilopochtli, dios guerrero de los aztecas, quien...Templo Mayor, realizado en honor de Huitzilopochtli, Dios de la Guerra, y Tlloc, Dios...sobre un nopal, como se los indic Huitzilopochtli, se reconstruy en siete ocasiones...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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CULTURES SHARE ROOTS AT ANNUAL PARADE DANCE GROUP HELPS MOM AND KIDS STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEIR AZTEC HERITAGE.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 4/30/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...ever since. She's a member of the Huitzilopochtli Aztec Dance Group, which will march...This is everybody's parade." Huitzilopochtli is a long-standing participant in...troupe, Groupo Tlaloc. Pastrana says Huitzilopochtli (named for the Aztec God of sun and...
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Gods and Goddesses.(Aztec religion)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...another god. MEET FOUR AZTEC DEITIES HUITZILOPOCHTLI The "Hummingbird of the left" was...the ruling elite, and the sun, Huitzilopochtli typically wore a hummingbird's head...the summit of the Templo Mayor with Huitzilopochtli and was associated with fertility...
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Identifican con restos serpientes antiguas.(Ciencia)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 6/2/2005; 700+ words
; ...representaciones de deidades como Quetzalcatl y Huitzilopochtli. Para lograrlo, reconstruye pequeas...Quetzalcatl, Tezcatlipoca, Tlloc y Huitzilopochtli. Pero faltan ms datos sobre la zoologa...Tezcatlipoca, Tlloc, Xiuhtecuhtli y Huitzilopochtli. Quetzalcatl o serpiente emplumada...
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Baja California: Duermen los gigantes.(De Viaje)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 9/7/2003; 700+ words
; ...adems de ser la seal que diera el dios Huitzilopochtli al pueblo del sol que en su largo...guila que representaba a su Dios Sol Huitzilopochtli, posada sobre un nopal espinoso...arrancarles el corazn por orden del dios Huitzilopochtli. Algunos usos menos violentos de...
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Chicano Poems: for the barrio
Magazine article from: The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education; 8/25/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...is where two deities confront each other: Minerva and Huitzilopochtli. The two ancestral powers are face to face to show their...of vengeance -- ...." In the other arena, one sees Huitzilopochtli, an Aztec military god who, according to history, was...
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Inspira hallazgo nueva percepcion.(Cultura)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 2/21/2003; 700+ words
; ...confirman el mito de la lucha y derrota de sta contra Huitzilopochtli, el Dios de la Guerra. -Extremidades desmembradas...y codos: Vestimenta para la guerra contra Coatlicue y Huitzilopochtli -Cinturn de serpientes: Muestran que es hija de Coatlicue...
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Huitzilopochtli
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Huitzilopochtli Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of war, was associated with the sun. His...transformed into hummingbirds. In some myths, the warlike Huitzilopochtli appears in contrast to his brother the god Quetzalcoatl...
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Montezuma I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Texcoco and the temple to the god Huitzilopochtli. He declared that war was the main...supply of sacrificial victims for Huitzilopochtli, who demanded many victims a year...began construction of a new temple to Huitzilopochtli, originally the hummingbird god but...
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Human Sacrifice
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...however. Many of their gods would only be appeased by the flow of human blood. Their most important god was Huitzilopochtli, the Sun God. Aztecs believed that if they did not ritually sacrifice to him regularly, the sun would not rise...
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Tlaloc
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...jaguar. Tlaloc shared the main temple in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitl á n with the gods Quetzalcoatl and Huitzilopochtli. The Maya of Mesoamerica called Tlaloc Chac, and the Quich é of Guatemala knew him as Tohil. Tlaloc had...
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Aztec
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...efficient army. Prisoners of war were used for human sacrifice to satisfy the many gods of the Aztec pantheon, notably Huitzilopochtli , the chief god, who was god of war. Spanish Conquest When the Spaniards, under Hernán Corté...
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