Serpent and the Sun: Tales of an Aztec Apprentice Serpent and the Sun: Tales of an Aztec Apprentice Serpent and the Sun: Tales of an Aztec Apprentice is a 2008 documentary film written and directed by Shaahin Cheyene, an Iran-born American businessman. The documentary was filmed in Mexico, and tells the story about the life of the Aztec people in the modern era. Miktlan Ehekateotl “Ehe” Kuahtlinxan, a 52nd Aztec medicine man came out in the open to convey a message that the cultures, traditions and the Aztec people did not vanish. According to the documentary, more than 1.5 million people in Mexico speak Nahuatl and some of the
Aztec society became the basic dynamic force in Aztec politics, economy, and religion. Prior to the fall of the Aztec, the Aztec people had a stable economy driven by a successful trade market. The markets, which were located in the center of many communities, were well organized and diverse in goods, as noted by the Spanish conquistadors upon their arrival. The regional merchants, known as tlacuilo, would barter utilitarian items and food, which included gold, silver, and other precious stones, cloth and cotton, animal skins, both agriculture and wild game, and woodwork. The trade market of the Aztec people was not only