A Nahuatl, “hummingbird na hagu” ko “hummingbird na kudu.” Shi ne Allah na yaƙi kuma babban jagoran Mexico da Aztec tun daga farkon aikin hajji zuwa kafuwar su a Tenochtitlan.
Yana da bangarori biyu: a matsayin "Hummingbird na Kudu" yana ɗaya daga cikin mayaƙan da aka kashe a fagen daga waɗanda, suka rikide zuwa hummingbirds, suka tafi aljannar Rana a gabas don haka zumar zuma - jini - na furanni masu daraja waɗanda suke zukatan mutane da aka samu a Yaƙin Florida; da kuma sadaukar da kai daga harshe da kunnuwa da aka huda da ƙayoyin maguey. Kalmar opochtli, a ƙarshen sunansa, anyi amfani dashi don nuni ga canza son kai, "ɗayan kai", wanda a cikin tarihin Mexico shine abin da suke kira nahual. A wannan yanayin hummingbird din nahual ne na allahn yaƙi.
Wani bangare na wannan allah shine na Celestial Warrior, wanda mikiya ta wakilta a cikin hieroglyph na Mexico-Tenochtitlán kuma a cikin rigar makamai, shi ɗan wata ne (Coatlicue) da saurayi Sun, ɗan tsohuwar Sun wanda aka haifa a cikin Gabas tana kashe taurari 400 tare da kibiyoyi 400 don sanya sabuwar ranar tayi nasara.
Labarin haihuwarta abin birgewa ne: Coatlicue, mahaifiyarta, ta sami ƙwallar fuka-fukai yayin da take shara cewa ta saka a ƙirjinta, wanda hakan ya sa ta sami ciki. Abin takaici Coyolxauqui (ita ma 'yar Coatlicue da kuma allan wata) sun yi nasarar shawo kan' yan uwanta cewa dole ne a kashe mahaifiyarsu, amma a cikin mahaifarta, Huitzilopochtli ya yi magana da mahaifiyarsa don kada ta ji tsoron shi, ɗanta, Zan kare ta.
Tare da Coyolxauqui a gaba, ‘yan’uwan 400 sun yi gaba da mahaifiyarsu, amma a daidai lokacin da suka iso sai aka haife allah mai ɗauke da makamai: tare da sanda da shuɗi mai shuɗi, an zana fuskarsa, gashin da yake makale a kansa da kuma macijin da aka yi da wuta wanda ya raunana Coatlicue ya bar ta kai da kai wanda a ƙarshe, ta ci duka heran uwanta.
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún yayi la’akari da cewa sunan allahn ya kasance mara kyau kuma shine dalilin da yasa Mexico ta bautata shi kuma tayi masa hadayu na mutum.
Ana gudanar da bautar allahn a cikin babban haikalin, wanda ya kasance tagwayen gine-gine ne inda ake kuma bauta wa Tlaloc, allahn Ruwan sama.
Mutanen Meziko sun ba da himma sosai a gare shi kuma sun yi manyan bukukuwa don girmama shi a cikin watannin Tlaxochimaco da Panquetzalixtli.
