They carried the banner and the cloak of the god who had spoken to the priests in sleep and promised a kingdom of gold and quetzal feathers. You shall subject all the peoples and cities from sea to sea, the god had announced, and not by witchcraft but by valor of the heart and strength of the arm. When they approached the luminous lake under the noonday sun, for the first time the Aztecs wept. There was the little island of clay: on the nopal cactus, higher than the rushes and wild grasses, the eagle spread his wings. Seeing them come, the eagle lowered his head. These outcasts, massed on the
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Again, we see the idea of a "promised land" like that which is written about in the Torah/Bible; the Aztecs placed a spiritual significance upon their capital city Tenochtitlán
So interesting to see the similar themes contained within ancient religions that did not cross paths (that I know of¿ may be worth looking into Leif Erikson and the stuff he done did idk) until the 15th century
