The general Tlācaēllel (“TLA-ka-AY-lell”) recommended sending magicians rather than soldiers to rediscover this place when Moctezuma I sought to find it to thank his people’s mother goddess. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this womb-like location in Aztlán from which the Mexica peoples emerged. This place was often depicted next to a twisted mountain corresponding to Colhuacan.
ANSWER: Chicomoztoc [accept Place of Seven Caves]
[10e] Chicomoztoc was the primordial dwelling place of Cōātlīcue (“ko-aht-LEE-kway”), the mother of this god of war who led the Aztecs from Aztlán to the site of Tenōchtitlan.
ANSWER: Huītzilōpōchtli
[10m] Upon arriving at Chicomoztoc, the emissaries of Moctezuma sank into the sand because they had consumed too much of this drink. The Olmec believed that this drink was gifted to mankind by gods who took it from high mountaintops.
ANSWER: chocolate [or cocoa; or cacao; accept chicolatl or xocolatl]
<Mythology>