>>215919325
>the symbolism is all fucked up, on the original Tenochtitlan glyph the eagle is not holding a snake it's holding the symbol for war.


The atl-tlachinolli was also depicted as a snake in mesoamerican codexes.

The symbol is an allegory to Quetzalcoatl not about war.

Quetzal = meaning something that flies
Coatl = something that crawls

Quetzalcoatl was an allegory for self improvement & milleu of societal order, which was very important in mesoamerican society