He ruled over the third of the five worlds in Aztec belief.

He also became concerned about the tendency of his fellow Franciscan missionaries to misunderstand basic elements of traditional Aztec religious beliefs and cosmology.

This goes back to Aztec beliefs, one of the few traditions to remain after the Spanish conquest.

Dr. Arguelles, an art historian trained at the University of Chicago, bases his theories in part on the Aztec belief that their history ran in 52-year cycles.

The game combines several Aztec beliefs of the afterlife and underworld with 1930s Art Deco design motifs and a dark plot reminiscent of the film noir genre.

In Aztec belief this was, literally, the center of the universe.

According to Aztec belief, it was Tlazolteotl who inspired vicious desires, and who likewise forgave and cleaned away the defilement of sin.

For example, when the Spanish conquered the Aztecs, the Spanish eliminated many symbols of Aztec beliefs and rituals.

The Other Conquest depicts the complex fusion that took place between the Catholic faith brought to Mexico by the Spaniards and the Aztec beliefs of the indigenous natives.

The English word "jade" derives via Spanish from the Aztec belief that the mineral cured ailments of the kidneys and sides.