Tenoch

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Tenoch (or Tenuch) was a purported ruler of the Aztecs (Mexica) during the fourteenth century during the Mexica (or Aztec) travels from Aztlán to Tenochtitlan. Tenoch was a respected chief who was elected to power by the council of elders. Tenoch is traditionally held to have died about twenty-five years after the founding (c. 1325) of Tenochtitlan. There is significant disagreement whether Tenoch is mythological or a real Mexica leader, later mythologized.

The Nahuatl symbols of his name are found in the Mexican flag: Tetl, the rock, and Nochtli, the prickly pear cactus.

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