The Toltecs, Nahuatlacas, Aztecs, and other ancient civilizations of South America all share an origin story that points to a land called “Aztlan” or “Atlan.”
And, accordingly, we find, as I have already shown, that all the traditions of Central America and Mexico point to some country in the East, and beyond the sea, as the source of their first civilized people; and this region, known among them as "Aztlan," lived in the memory of the people as a beautiful and happy land, where their ancestors had dwelt in peace for many generations.
The name "Aztec" originates from the Nahuatl word aztecah, which translates to "People of Aztlan," referencing the ancestral homeland of this group.
The root of "Aztlan" itself is debated.
The most accepted interpretation translates "Aztlan" as "Place of Herons," derived from the Nahuatl word Aztatlan.
The Codices Boturini and Aubin recount how the Mexica initially called themselves Aztecs in homage to Aztlan but adopted the name Mexica upon settling in the Valley of Mexico under the guidance of the deity Huitzilopochtli.
The video explores the legendary homeland of the Aztecs, Aztlan, and their migration to their promised land in the Valley of Mexico.
Aztlan is described as the ancient homeland of the Aztecs.
The migration from Aztlan to the Valley of Mexico is central to Aztec lore.
Maps such as the 1768 José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez map and the 1847 J Disturnell map indicate connections between Aztlan and Utah.
It emphasizes the enduring mystery of Aztlan’s location and the profound similarities between the Aztecs’ journey and biblical narratives.
The Toltecs, Nahuatlacas, Aztecs, and other ancient civilizations of South America all share an origin story that points to a land called "Aztlan" or "Atlan."
In Aztec mythology, Aztlan was described as an idyllic island where the ancestors of the Mexica people lived before they embarked on their migration to the Valley of Mexico.
The name "Aztlan" itself means "place of whiteness" or "place of herons," suggesting a lush environment filled with beauty.
The Aztecs believed Aztlan to be an origin point from which they received their cultural practices and sacred knowledge, making it a central element of their identity.
The notion of Aztlan being a land lost to the ocean parallels myths from other cultures, such as the Basques of Western Europe, who claim that their ancestors came from an island called "Atlaintika" which also sank beneath the sea.
The myth of Aztlan has also been linked to geographical features and cultural practices on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Nahuatl-speaking peoples, including the Aztecs and Nahuatlacas, often spoke of their ancestors' migration from Aztlan to their eventual homeland in Central Mexico.
Divine instructions guided this migration, and the Mexica people carried sacred symbols and practices with them, believing these were bestowed upon them in Aztlan.
The possibility of a connection between Aztlan and Atlantis has intrigued many scholars, linguists, and archaeologists.
He posited that this ancient language could have originated in a place like Aztlan or Atlantis, giving rise to the myths and linguistic similarities observed across different cultures.
An "Atlas" mountain on the shore of Africa; an "Atlan" town on the shore of America; the "Atlantes" living along the north and west coast of Africa; an Aztec people from Aztlan, in Central America; an ocean rolling between the two worlds called the "Atlantic;" a mythological deity called "Atlas" holding the world on his shoulders; and an immemorial tradition of an island of Atlantis.
547.) How did the red men of Central America know anything about "black men and white men?" The conclusion seems inevitable that these legends of a primitive, peaceful, and happy land, an Aztlan in the East, inhabited by black and white men, to which all the civilized nations of America traced their origin, could only refer to Atlantis--that bridge of land where the white, dark, and red races met.
All the races that settled Mexico, we are told, traced their origin back to an Aztlan (Atlan-tis).
Duran describes Aztlan as "a most attractive land." ("North Amer.
The Toltecs traced their migrations back to a starting-point called "Aztlan," or "Atlan." This could be no other than, Atlantis.
original home of the Nahuatlacas was Aztlan, the location of which has been the subject of much discussion.
The causes that led to their exodus from that country can only be conjectured; but they may be supposed to have been driven out by their enemies, for Aztlan is described as a land too fair and beautiful to be left willingly in the mere hope of finding a better." (Bancroft's "Native Races," vol.
.306.) The Aztecs also claimed to have come originally from Aztlan.
321.) Their very name, Aztecs, was derived from Aztlan.
The "Popul Vuh" tells us that after the migration from Aztlan three sons of the King of the Quiches, upon the death of their father, "determined to go as their fathers had ordered to the East, on the shores of the sea whence their fathers had come, to receive the royalty, 'bidding adieu to their brothers and friends, and promising to return.' Doubtless they passed over the sea when they went to the East to receive the royalty.
This legend not only points to the East as the place of origin of these races, but also proves that this land of the East, this Aztlan, this Atlantis, exercised dominion over the colonies in Central America, and furnished them with the essentials of civilization.
vi.) of the migration of the Aztecs from Aztlan:
The Toltecs of Mexico traced themselves back to a starting-point called Atlan or Aztlan; the Aztecs also claimed to come from Aztlan (see Bancroft's Native Races, vol.
The Aztecs, for example, spoke of Aztlan, a lost land across the sea, while the Irish told stories of Tír fo Thuinn (the Land Beneath the Waves).
The elder Montezuma said to Cortez, "Our fathers dwelt in that happy and prosperous place which they called Aztlan, which means whiteness.
The inhabitants of Aztlan were boatmen.
If the reader will turn to page 104 of this work he will see, in the midst of the picture of Aztlan, the starting-point of the Aztecs, according to the Botturini pictured writing, a pyramid with worshippers kneeling before it.
If the reader will again turn to page 104 of this work he will see that the tree appears on the top of the pyramid or mountain in both the Aztec representations of Aztlan, the original island-home of the Central American races.
We find the pyramid on both sides of the Atlantic, with its four sides pointing, like the arms of the Cross, to the four cardinal points-a reminiscence of Olympus; and in the Aztec representation of Olympos (Aztlan) we find the pyramid as the central and typical figure.
Migration from Aztlan: The Toltecs migrated from Aztlan (Atlantis), a beautiful land, after a great flood.
Aztlan or Atlan (Toltecs, Nahuatlacas, Aztecs)
Atlantis, a name recorded in various permutations by hundreds of cultures, has been called: Antilla, Amenti, Arallu, Attala, Atvantika, Aztlan, Azatlan, Atlantia, Atli, Asgard, Avalon, Arcadia, Arktos, Agartha, Shangri-la, Hyperborea, Tula, Rutas, Thule, Hesperides, Hy-Brasil, to mention a few.