Legend has it that Huitzilopochtli was born wearing a coat of war: a shield, its darts and its blue throwaway.
On his head he was wearing a plumage with earmuffs. On his left foot he had a sandal adorned with feathers. Her thighs and arms were painted blue.
This rare event occurred because Huitzilopochtli's mother, the goddess Coatlicue, who had already had a daughter named Coyolxauhqui and four hundred other children who became stars, called Surians, became pregnant again when she was touched by a ball of feathers that fell from the sky.
Coyolxauhqui and his four hundred brothers considered this as a grievance and decided among all to kill their own mother.
When the goddess Coatlicue learned of her children's macabre plans, she felt very sad and lived in fear, waiting for her death every moment, but Huitzilopochtli reassured her by talking to her from her womb and she calmed down.
The Surians prepared to kill their mother as if they were going to war, but one of them, named Quauitlicac, felt sorry for his beloved mother and told the unborn baby, Huitzilopochtli, the betrayal his brothers were preparing.
When they had everything ready to annihilate their mother, Huitzipochtli was born, dressed to war. Right there, he seriously injured his sister Coatlicue, then cut off his head and threw her into the sky, becoming the moon. Later he chased the Surians and those who failed to escape, killed them and turned them into stars.
Huitzipochtli, took away their weapons and clothes and put them on them, later became their hallmarks.