2007-07-22 17:01:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
When the Aztecs were wandering, searching for a new home, a seer told them that when they should see an eagle devouring a snake, that they must make their new home on that
spot. Sure enough, an eagle was spotted perched on a cactus on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco with a snake in its beak. So, they settled on the island of the now vanished lake - the heart of modern day Mexico City.
2007-07-22 17:22:43 · answer #1 · answered by Baraka 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Bird On Mexican Flag
2016-09-30 07:55:34 · answer #2 · answered by wiltrout 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-07 06:04:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, the bird is an eagle. The tribe was the Aztecs. They were told that they would be guided to the place they could call home. . . and that they were to look for a sign: when they saw an eagle sitting on a cactus, with a snake in his mouth, they were to stop and settle their. That's what they did. There city was called Tenochtitlan....today's present day Mexico City.
2007-07-22 17:27:53 · answer #4 · answered by lightningelemental 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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The Meaning & History of the Mexican Flag - According to Aztec legend the people were wandering in Mexico in search of a sign that their god, Huitzilopochtli, had given them. He commanded them to find a Crested Caracara(the bird) perched on top of a cactus, devouring a snake. After two hundred years of wandering, they found the promised sign on a small island in the Lake Texcoco. Their search and wandering ended and they founded their new capital, Tenochtitl
2016-03-27 00:44:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the Mayans needed a place to settle, their chief was sent a vision of an eagle on a cactus, devouring a snake. When they came to the lake that was where Mexico City now stands, he saw an eagle on a cactus, eating a snake, and decided that's where they needed to settle.
2007-07-22 17:10:26 · answer #6 · answered by Jason B 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's the symbol of the God the Indians were told would return to show them riches (i think) and someone saw a bird killing a snake and thought it was the God and when they found the Spaniards they thought they were the Gods because of the sign.
2007-07-22 17:08:29 · answer #7 · answered by ediabullo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i believe it was a prophecy that was told of when an eagle held a serpent was viewed in flight , that the new city should be built there. I believe the name was tenochlitlan, or teotihuacan. GREAT cultural question!!
2007-07-22 17:14:50 · answer #8 · answered by marco polo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋