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- I should send this stone to the mortals.
- Thats a great stone it reminds me of the sun god
- Who will be next for sacrifice
- The sunken eyes of Tonatiuh the Aztec sun god, look out from the center of this cyclic sequence of glyphs and dates.
- Should we take that junk?
- Just leave it it will be erased eventually
- The Aztecs name it Ollin Tonatiuhtlan meaning sun of movement
- Look at that amazing stone
- some anthropologists maintain that it was used as a temalacatl, circular platform where the gladiatorial sacrifice was performed.
- Everyone we must rebel now for the stone!
- The Spaniards abandoned the monolith near the Viceregal Palace, leaving it outside at the mercy of the elements. Then, in an effort to erase all signs of the magnificence of the Mexican culture.
- The Aztecs were a very civilized culture that knew and used the geometric circle and was able to create a work of beauty like that monolith. It was decided it would be placed in the west tower of the Metropolitan Cathedral, so it could be admired by all who visited the beautiful city of Mexico.
- Although obviously liberal influences from Europe had already permeated into 1790 New Spain’s society. The Sun Stone and Coatlicue became a spark that ignited the wish to rebel, the trigger that was needed to start the war for independence from Spain.
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