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The Mexican Coat of Arms, which also appears on the Mexican national flag, illustrates the fulfillment of a prophesy describing where the Aztec people would found their first city. It shows an eagle perched on a cactus with a serpent in its mouth.

Before 1325 AD, the Aztec (or Mexicapeople, as they called themselves) were a nomadic tribe who wandered throughout the land, looking for a place to settle and build their capital. Their state religion awaited the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy: that the wandering tribe would find the destined site for a great city whose location would be signaled by an eagle eating a snake while perched atop a cactus.

The Aztecs saw this vision on what was then a small swampy island in the middle of lake Texcoco, after which they founded their capital city, on March 13, 1325. Not deterred by the unfavourable terrain, they set about building their city, using the chinampa system (misnamed as "floating gardens") for agriculture and to dry and expand the island. That city was Mexico-Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City (19° 25' 57.85'' N, 99° 07' 59.71'' W).

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The Eagle refers to the Aztecs. When the Aztecs were looking for a place to settle, they believed they should build their city where they encountered an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its talon. Where the Aztecs supposedly found this is now known as Mexico City.
it means when the aztecs saw the eagle in their cropsthe symbol or sign to build their great city!
There is an old myth about an eagle landing on a rock with a snake in it's beak. The Aztecs believed that this would show where to found their capital. Mexico City is today built on that very site. The eagle on the flag is representative of that.

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An eagle with a snake in its mouth recognizes the Aztec heritage of Mexico. 
According to Aztec legend, the gods advised the Aztec people to build their capital on the location in which they saw an eagle, perched on a prickly pear tree, eating a serpent. They built their capital, Tenochtitlan, on what is now the main plaza of Mexico City.

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The eagle is holding a snake in its mouth because of an old myth that when you saw an eagle with a snake in its mouth on a cactus, that is were a powerful empire will stand

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Yes; it is atop a cactus, devouring a snake.

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Golden Eagle

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It is a snake.

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