[[Image:Bryhuit.JPG|right|thumb|400px|([[Latin]] for "Huitzilopochtli, the Mexicans' highest god.")]]
[[Image:Bryhuit.JPG|right|thumb|400px|([[Latin]] for "Huitzilopochtli, the Mexicans' highest god.")]]
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'''Huitzilopochtli''' is the name used by the [[Aztecs]] to refer to the [[devil]]. They ritually murdered thousands of people to satisfy his thirst for blood, before they were converted to [[Christianity]] in the 16th century.
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'''Huitzilopochtli''' is the name used by the [[Aztecs]] to refer to the [[devil]]. They ritually murdered thousands of people to satisfy his thirst for blood, before they were mostly wiped out in the 16th century.
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Some rural [[Mexicans]] may still worship Huitzilopochtli.
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Some rural [[Mexicans]] may still worship Huitzilopochtli.{{fact}}