Aztec Mythology Quiz

Try out this Aztec Mythology quiz to test your knowledge. Aztec Mythology trivia opens a window onto the sacred stories and divine figures that shaped religious life in central Mexico before the Spanish conquest.

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Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Which festival was especially dedicated to Huitzilopochtli?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
In the Legend of the Suns, which deity presided over the cosmic era known as the First Sun?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Which solar age in the Legend of the Suns was governed by Quetzalcoatl?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
In Aztec cosmology, which Sun came to its end in a rain of fire?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
A great flood is said to have destroyed which world-age in Aztec cosmology?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
What mythic place, also translated as Serpent Mountain, is remembered as the site of Huitzilopochtli's birth battle?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Who were the 400 southern stars defeated by Huitzilopochtli?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which codex preserves a Nahuatl version of the Legend of the Suns?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Which star goddess bears a name meaning 'She of the Star Skirt'?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
Mictecacihuatl shared rule over Mictlan with which other deity?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Which tree appears in some accounts of Tamoanchan?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
Which Aztec deity was known as the feathered serpent?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
Which Aztec god was linked to both the sun and war?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
What was the Aztec present world age called?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Which sun god was linked to the current Aztec world age?

Which festival was especially dedicated to Huitzilopochtli?

In the Legend of the Suns, which deity presided over the cosmic era known as the First Sun?

Which solar age in the Legend of the Suns was governed by Quetzalcoatl?

In Aztec cosmology, which Sun came to its end in a rain of fire?

A great flood is said to have destroyed which world-age in Aztec cosmology?

What mythic place, also translated as Serpent Mountain, is remembered as the site of Huitzilopochtli's birth battle?

Who were the 400 southern stars defeated by Huitzilopochtli?

Which codex preserves a Nahuatl version of the Legend of the Suns?

Which star goddess bears a name meaning 'She of the Star Skirt'?

Mictecacihuatl shared rule over Mictlan with which other deity?

Which tree appears in some accounts of Tamoanchan?

Which Aztec deity was known as the feathered serpent?

Which Aztec god was linked to both the sun and war?

What was the Aztec present world age called?

Which sun god was linked to the current Aztec world age?