Huitzilopochtli, also known as the Blue Tezcatlipoca (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird) was the Aztec god of darkness. According to Aztec legend, Huitzilopochtli drove Quetzalcoatl into exile. Tlotoxl referred to Huitzilopochtli as the god who "made us strong". (PROSE: The Aztecs)
Huitzilin was the inspiration for the legend of Huitzilopochtli. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)
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The real life Huitzilopochtli in Aztec mythology was a god of the sun instead of darkness and had no direct role in Quetzalcoatl's exile.