Lessons from Volume 5:

Tezcatlipoca was a central deity in Aztec and his main festival was theTOXCATL ceremony celebrated in the month of May. His name in thenAHUTATL Language is often translated as "Smoking Mirror"and alludes to his connection toobsidian, the material from which mirrors were made in Mesoamerica which were used for shamaniac rituals and prophecy.Another talisman related to Tezcatlipoca was a disc worn as a chest pectoral.

Moctezuma II,variant spellings include Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma, Motēuczōmah, Muteczuma, and referred to in full by early Nahuatl texts as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, was the ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlán, reigning from 1502 to 1520.

La Llorona is one of the most famous oral legends. The lore states a woman was abandoned by her husband and was left alone to raise her two sons, whom she instead drowned in a river out of grief and anger. As a result of her actions the woman is condemned to wander for all eternity until she finds the bodies of her children, often causing misfortune to those who are near or hear her. The oral story represents La Llorona as a person, legend, ghost, goddess, metaphor and symbol

La Malinche was a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, who played a key role in theSpanish Conquest acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador,Hernan Cortes . She was one of 20 women slaves given to the Spaniards by the natives of Tabasco in 1519.Later, she gave birth to Cortés's first son,Martin , who is considered one of the first Mestizos.

Mestizo: Mestizo or mestiza is a term historically used in Spain, Spanish America and the Philippines that originally referred to a person of combined European and Indigenous American descent, regardless of where the person was born.

The Seven Cities of Gold:According to legend, the seven cities of gold could be found throughout the pueblos of the New Mexico Territory. The cities were Hawikuh, Halona, Matsaki, Quivira, Kiakima, Cibola, and Kwakina. While there have always been mentions of a seventh city, no evidence of a site has been found.

Popocatépetl is an active stratovolcano, located in the states of Puebla, Morelos and State of Mexico, in central Mexico, and lies in the eastern half of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt. At 5,426 m it is the second highest peak in Mexico, after Citlaltépetl at 5,636 m.

Hernan Cortes: Don Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.