Chapter 97: Coronation Ceremony: Rituals and Tribute, The Five Mourning Attires of Mexica

The golden Sun rose to the center of the sky, emanating its most dazzling brilliance. The original Sun had already taken its place through the sacrificial rite, and next was the blessing of the Sun God.

Sunlight poured from the apex of the War God Hall onto the towering four-meter-tall sculpture of Huitzilopochtli, which glowed with the radiance of pure gold. Around His neck was a necklace intricately woven from hundreds of turquoise and yellow gemstones, glittering and spilling streams of light. In His right hand, He held a nearly three-meter-long silver javelin, with a brilliant blue sapphire at its tip symbolizing the power of lightning. His left hand grasped a silver shield of two meters in diameter, its outer edge inlaid with mother-of-pearl, rubies, and the feathers of the quetzal bird.