Aztec · No. 018
Sun Hummingbird
Inspired by: A MYTHENOR creation inspired by the hummingbird, a bird tied to the sun and to Huitzilopochtli, whose name contains huitzilin, “hummingbird.”
Small, fast, and always heading toward the sun.
- Rarity
- Common
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 700
- DEF
- 500
- Level
- 2
- Type
- Bird
- Element
- Fire
- Constellations
- Feather · Crown
The myth
The hummingbird, huitzilin in Nahuatl, was far more than a pretty bird to the Mexica. Their patron god, Huitzilopochtli, carries the hummingbird in his name, usually translated as “Hummingbird of the South” or “Left-Handed Hummingbird.” The Florentine Codex says that fallen warriors, after four years escorting the sun, returned to earth as hummingbirds and butterflies to sip nectar from flowers. The hummingbird’s fierceness, defending its territory against larger birds, made it a model of the small, brave warrior.
Why it has this power
A Level 2 Common with 700 ATK and 500 DEF: truly small. Yet Fire, Feather and Crown tie it to the sun and to the god whose name it bears. Its value is ritual: it is a material for the Rite of the New Fire, which calls Huitzilopochtli, and fused with the Fallen Warrior of the Flowery Field it becomes the Hummingbird of the Reborn Warrior.
Did you know
The Mexica believed the hummingbird “died” in the dry season and came back to life with the rains, linking it to renewal.
Connections
- Fuses into: + Fallen Warrior of the Flowery Field → Hummingbird of the Reborn Warrior
- In Tepin, Veteran of the Flower War's deck
- In Itzel, Guardian of the Fifth Sun's deck
Where to get it
- Daily Offering: 0% per pack (Common 64% per card)
- Welcome Pack: 0.97% per pack (Common 70% per card)
- Traveler's Pack: 0.88% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Common 64% per card)
- Bronze Reliquary: 0.86% per pack · 5.1% in the themed pack (Common 62% per card)
- Silver Reliquary: 0.67% per pack · 4% in the themed pack (Common 49% per card)
- Golden Reliquary: 0.46% per pack · 2.7% in the themed pack (Common 33% per card)
- Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.69% of days · 150 gold
- Craft with card dust: 40 dust
- Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).
Sources
- Hummingbird (Mexicolore) — Ian Mursell
- Huitzilopochtli — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright
- Digital Florentine Codex (Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España) — Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators; Getty Research Institute