Aztec Empire to retain and freely continue their own religious traditions, so long as they added the imperial god to their local pantheons. The word "Aztec" in modern usage would not have been used by the people themselves. It has variously been used to refer to the Triple Alliance empire, the Nahuatl-speaking people of central Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest, or specifically the Mexica ethnicity of the Nahuatl-speaking peoples. The name comes from a Nahuatl word meaning "people from Aztlan," reflecting the mythical place of origin for Nahua peoples. For the purpose of this article, "Aztec" refers only to those cities
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy in the production schedule. The evil Dr. Krupp (Luis Aceves Castañeda), a mad scientist known as "The Bat", managed to escape the snake pit into which he was thrown at the end of "The Curse of the Aztec Mummy" and continues his efforts in this film to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from the tomb of a centuries-old living mummy, Popoca (Angel di Stefani). Krupp builds a robot with a human brain in it, planning to use it to destroy the mummy, should he return to thwart his efforts. Krupp's former colleague and original finder of the mummy, Dr. Eduardo