Eagle Spirit (Guarani)

spirit · Mexico · Mesoamerica

The eagle is a defining symbol of Mexican tradition, above all in the Mexica founding legend of Tenochtitlan, where an eagle perched on a cactus devouring a serpent marked the city's site, and in the eagle-knight (cuauhtli) warrior order. Guarani belief belongs to South America, so the entry mismatches culture and country; the substance is the well-attested Mesoamerican eagle.

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