The Mayans and the Aztecs believed (and perhaps some people still do) that chocolate was a gift from the gods. The Aztecs in particular revered the drink - they gave it to victorious warriors ...

An Aztec woman pouring chocolate from one vessel to another (left) and the Princeton Vase (right), dated between 670-750 A.D, depicts a Mayan god sitting on his throne as women stand behind him in the ...

Xiuhtecuhtli, whose name means "turquoise lord" in the Nahuatl language, was the Aztec "new fire" god. The Aztecs kept a "holy fire" continuously burning in the Fire Temple at Tenochtitlan ...

Chocolate was a New World ... by the wealthy and religious elite. The Aztecs of central Mexico attributed the creation of the cacao beans to their god Quetzalcoatl who, as the legend goes ...