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Second omen: Huitzilopochtli's temple burns

In the second omen the shrine of Huitzilopochtli on the Templo Mayor caught fire by itself; the more water was thrown on it, the more fiercely it burned. The year is approximate.

1510 CE · 19.44, -99.13 · status: legend

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  1. Wikipedia: Templo Mayor
  2. Wikipedia: Florentine Codex
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