he is the God of War of the aztecs. he is the one who told them to look for an eagle eating a serpent on top of a cactus and that is where they should build their city
The Aztecs were polytheists. It is believed their chief deity was Quetzalcoatl, the creator sky god. Huizilopochtli was another chief deity who was the grand deity of Tenochtitlan.
The Aztec sun god is known as Huitzilopochtli. He was one of the most important deities in the Aztec pantheon and was associated with war and the sun. Huitzilopochtli was believed to require regular human sacrifices to ensure the sun's continued movement across the sky.