Hi thanks for your comments, but please note that the Black Vulture pictured here is not meant to represent Mexico. The inclusion of Ek Balam, Mexico only points out the location where the photo was taken.
According to the official story of Mexico, the coat of arms of Mexico was inspired by an Aztec legend regarding the founding of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs, then a nomadic tribe, were wandering throughout Mexico in search of a divine sign that would indicate the precise spot upon which they were to build their capital.
original eagle, from the Mendoza codex
A closer look at the original Aztec codices, paintings, and the post-Cortesian codices shows that there was no snake in the original legends. While the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer depicts an eagle attacking a snake, other Aztec illustrations, like the Codex Mendoza, show only an eagle, while in the text of the Ramírez Codex, Huitzilopochtli asked the Aztecs to look for an eagle devouring a snake perched on a prickly pear cactus. In the text by Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, the eagle is devouring something, but it is not mentioned what it is. Still other versions show the eagle clutching the Aztec symbol of war, the Atl-Tlachinolli glyph, or “burning water”.
The bird featured on the Mexican coat of arms is the Golden Eagle. This bird is known in Spanish as águila real (literally, “royal eagle”).
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The simbol of Mexico is the Royal águila (aquilea realis), not the vulture wich is simbol of Washington empire.
Hi thanks for your comments, but please note that the Black Vulture pictured here is not meant to represent Mexico. The inclusion of Ek Balam, Mexico only points out the location where the photo was taken.
Coat of arms of Mexico
According to the official story of Mexico, the coat of arms of Mexico was inspired by an Aztec legend regarding the founding of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs, then a nomadic tribe, were wandering throughout Mexico in search of a divine sign that would indicate the precise spot upon which they were to build their capital.
original eagle, from the Mendoza codex
A closer look at the original Aztec codices, paintings, and the post-Cortesian codices shows that there was no snake in the original legends. While the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer depicts an eagle attacking a snake, other Aztec illustrations, like the Codex Mendoza, show only an eagle, while in the text of the Ramírez Codex, Huitzilopochtli asked the Aztecs to look for an eagle devouring a snake perched on a prickly pear cactus. In the text by Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, the eagle is devouring something, but it is not mentioned what it is. Still other versions show the eagle clutching the Aztec symbol of war, the Atl-Tlachinolli glyph, or “burning water”.
The bird featured on the Mexican coat of arms is the Golden Eagle. This bird is known in Spanish as águila real (literally, “royal eagle”).