Political Dimensions of Aztec Deities." In Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and SupremeDeity, edited by Baquedano Elizabeth, 83-112. University Press of Colorado
…The meaning of a deity is his or her specific character as it unfolded in myths, hymns, rites, and so on. This character makes a deity comparable to other
destroy idolaters whose land they sought to reserve for the worship of their deity (Deut 7:2, 16, and 20:16-17). … According to Stannard, this view of war