Gifts & Decor Ebros Tenochtitlan Aztec Eagle Warrior Skeleton Statue Day of The Dead Skull Phantom Chief Warrior Sculpture Figurine

Eagle warriors or eagle knights were a special class of infantry soldier in the Aztec army, one of the two leading military special forces orders in Aztec society. They were a type of Aztec warrior called a cuāuhocēlōtl. The word cuāuhocēlōtl derives from the eagle warrior cuāuhtli and the jaguar warrior ocēlōtl. These military orders were made up of the bravest soldiers of noble birth and those who had taken the greatest number of prisoners in battle. Of all of the Aztec warriors, they were the most feared. Eagle warriors, along with the jaguar warriors, were the only such classes which did not restrict access solely to the nobility, as commoners or, in Nahuatl, "mācēhualli" were occasionally admitted for special merit. The eagles were soldiers of the Sun, for the eagle was the symbol of the Sun. Eagle warriors dressed like eagles, adorning themselves with eagle feathers, and wearing headgear with an eagle head on it.

• This Aztec Eagle Warrior measures at L: 4.5" x W: 2.5" x H: 7" (inches)
• This Aztec Eagle Warrior is made of cold cast resin. Hand painted.
• This Aztec Eagle Warrior makes a perfect gift for Halloween and Day of the Dead.
• This Aztec Eagle Warrior depicts an Aztec Eagle Warrior standing mighty with a skull head on its left hand.