Ku Nahuatl, "hummingbird yakumanzere" kapena "hummingbird yakum'mwera." Ndiye Mulungu wankhondo komanso wowongolera wamkulu ku Mexica kapena Aztec kuyambira pomwe adayamba ulendo wopita ku Tenochtitlan.
Ili ndi mbali ziwiri: "Hummingbird wakumwera" ndi m'modzi mwa ankhondo omwe adaphedwa pankhondo omwe, osandulika mbalame za hummingbird, amapita ku paradaiso wa Dzuwa kum'mawa motero amamwa uchi - magazi - a maluwa amtengo wapatali omwe ali mitima yaumunthu yomwe inapezeka mu Nkhondo ya Florida; ndi yodzipereka kuchokera lilime ndi makutu opyozedwa ndi minga yamphamvu. Mawu opochtli, kumapeto kwa dzina lake, adagwiritsidwa ntchito kutanthawuza kusintha komweko, "munthu wina", yemwe mu nthano za ku Mexico ndiye zomwe amachitcha kuti nahual. Poterepa mbalame ya hummingbird inali nahual ya mulungu wankhondo.
Mbali ina ya mulunguyu ndi ya Msirikali Wankhondo Wakumwamba, woyimiriridwa ndi mphungu mu hieroglyph yaku Mexico-Tenochtitlán komanso mmanja, ndiye mwana wa Mwezi (Coatlicue) ndi Sun wachichepere, mwana wa Dzuwa lakale yemwe adabadwa mu East imapha nyenyezi 400 ndi mivi yake 400 kuti tsiku latsopanoli lipambane.
Nkhani yakubadwa kwake ndi yochititsa chidwi: Coatlicue, amayi ake, adapeza mpira wa nthenga kwinaku akusesa omwe adayika pachifuwa chake, ndikupangitsa kuti akhale ndi pakati. Wokwiya Coyolxauqui (yemwenso ndi mwana wamkazi wa Coatlicue komanso mulungu wamkazi wa Mwezi) adakwanitsa kutsimikizira abale ake kuti amayi awo amayenera kuphedwa, koma m'mimba mwake, Huitzilopochtli adalankhula ndi amayi ake kuti asawope kuti iye, mwana wake, Ndimamuteteza.
Ndili ndi Coyolxauqui kutsogolo, abale 400 adalimbana ndi amayi awo, koma atangofika kumene mulungu wokhala ndi zida zonse adabadwa: ndi ndodo ndi kansalu kabuluu, nkhope yake itapakidwa, nthenga idakakamira kumutu kwake ndi njoka yopangidwa ndi zotentha ndi yemwe adavulaza Coatlicue kumusiya wopanda mutu ndipo, pamapeto pake, adagonjetsa abale ake onse.
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún akuwona kuti dzina la mulunguyo linali lopanda tanthauzo ndiye chifukwa chake a Mexica adamupanga mulungu ndikumpatsa nsembe zamunthu.
Kupembedza kwa mulungu kunkachitika m'kachisi wamkulu, yemwe anali mapasa omwe Tlaloc, mulungu wa Mvula, amapembedzanso.
Anthu aku Mexico adadzipereka kwambiri kwa iye ndipo adachita zikondwerero zazikulu pomulemekeza m'miyezi ya Tlaxochimaco ndi Panquetzalixtli.
