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The question focuses on the historical relationship expressed in “What was the Aztec sun god's name?”. Its value lies in connecting Huitzilopochtli with the relevant chronology, institution, patronage, text, region or administrative function.
Huitzilopochtli was the Aztec god of the sun and war, and the most important deity in the Aztec pantheon. The Aztecs believed the sun needed human blood to rise each day, leading to human sacrifice rituals. Huitzilopochtli fits that evidence because it matches the specific chronology, agency and function contained in the question. A comparison with the alternatives is useful: Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc and Tezcatlipoca are genuine historical terms or names, but each belongs to a different office, patron, text, region or sequence. The compact memory link is therefore Huitzilopochtli together with the factual context above, not the isolated option letter.
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Huitzilopochtli. Huitzilopochtli was the Aztec god of the sun and war, and the most important deity in the Aztec pantheon. The Aztecs believed the sun needed human blood to rise each day, leading to human sacrifice rituals.
The decisive clue is the matching chronology, agency and function described in the stem.
Do not choose Quetzalcoatl merely because it belongs to the same broad historical period.
Verify the person, period and function separately before accepting the complete statement.
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