A man bends down to take a picture of a giant, symbolic sacrificial knife, part of a display of items offered to the Aztec god Xochipilli, at the Templo Mayor museum in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 7 ...

An image of the Aztec god Xochipilli, centre, is part of a display of items used as offerings to the god, at the Templo Mayor museum in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015.

MEXICO CITY – In the pantheon of Mexico's pre-Hispanic gods, most Aztec deities are depicted as brutal, blood-thirsty beings only appeased by human sacrifices. But Mexico's Templo Mayor museum ...

In Aztec mythology, Xōchipilli is the god of love, summer, flowers, dancing and various festivities. Given the chance to paint a mural on a wall next to the park, SENKOE says he decided to paint ...

MEXICO CITY — In the pantheon of Mexico's pre-Hispanic gods, most Aztec deities are depicted as brutal, blood-thirsty beings only appeased by human sacrifices. But Mexico's Templo Mayor museum ...

From jaguars to shooting stars, these rare and meaningful Náhuatl names are steeped in centuries of culture, cosmic symbolism, and divine energy.

From stone carvings of musical instruments to poetry scripts, the displays are meant to show another side of the blood-thirsty deities ...