Editing Hummingbird (section)

== In myth and culture ==
[[File:Líneas de Nazca, Nazca, Perú, 2015-07-29, DD 52.JPG|thumb|Nazca Lines - hummingbird]][[File:Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 LDS.jpg|thumb|Hummingbird emblem on [[Caribbean Airlines]]]]

[[Aztecs]] wore hummingbird [[amulet|talismans]], artistic representations of hummingbirds and [[fetishism|fetishes]] made from actual hummingbird parts as emblematic for vigor, energy, and propensity to do work along with their sharp beaks that symbolically mimic instruments of weaponry, bloodletting, penetration, and intimacy. Hummingbird talismans were prized as drawing sexual potency, energy, vigor, and skill at arms and [[warfare]] to the wearer.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Werness|first1=Hope B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fr2rANLrPmoC&pg=PA228 |title=The Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art |last2=Benedict|first2=Joanne H.|last3=Thomas|first3=Scott |last4=Ramsay-Lozano|first4=Tiffany |publisher=[[Continuum International Publishing Group]] |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-8264-1525-7 |page=229}}</ref> The Aztec god of war [[Huitzilopochtli]] is often depicted in art as a hummingbird.<ref name="eb">{{cite web|title=Huitzilopochtli|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Huitzilopochtli|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|access-date=5 March 2023|date=2023}}</ref> Aztecs believed that fallen warriors would be [[reincarnation|reincarnated]] as hummingbirds.<ref name=eb/><ref name="F.MacDonald">{{Cite book |last=MacDonald|first=Fiona |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2VgkHouDLkC&q=hummingbird+butterfly+warriors+Aztec&pg=PA25-IA3 |title=How to Be an Aztec Warrior |date=2008 |publisher=National Geographic Books |isbn=978-1-4263-0168-1 |page=25}}</ref> The [[Nahuatl]] word ''huitzil'' translates to ''hummingbird''.<ref name=eb/> 

One of the [[Nazca Lines]] depicts a hummingbird (right).<ref name="golomb">{{cite magazine |last1=Golomb|first1=Jason |title=Nasca lines |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/archaeology/nasca-lines/ |magazine=National Geographic |access-date=5 March 2023 |date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928050205/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/archaeology/nasca-lines/ |archive-date=28 September 2019 }}</ref>

[[Trinidad and Tobago]], known as "The land of the hummingbird", displays a hummingbird on its [[coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago|coat of arms]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=National Symbols of Trinidad and Tobago |url=http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Research/SubjectGuide/NationalSymbols/tabid/215/Default.aspx?PageContentMode=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507114705/http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Research/SubjectGuide/NationalSymbols/tabid/215/Default.aspx?PageContentMode=1 |archive-date=7 May 2016 |access-date=18 April 2016 |publisher=National Library of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain}}</ref> 1-cent coin,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Coins of Trinidad and Tobago |url=http://www.central-bank.org.tt/content/coins |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207120816/http://www.central-bank.org.tt/content/coins |archive-date=7 February 2017 |access-date=18 April 2016 |publisher=Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain}}</ref> and [[livery]] on its national airline, [[Caribbean Airlines]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Brand Refresh: Introducing the new Caribbean Airlines |url=https://www.caribbean-airlines.com/#/pages/brand-refresh |publisher=Caribbean Airlines |access-date=5 March 2023 |date=1 March 2020}}</ref> The [[Hummingbird Medal]] is awarded to individuals for  significant contributions to Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Awards (The Hummingbird Medal) |url=https://otp.tt/trinidad-and-tobago/national-awards/ |publisher=Office of the President, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |access-date=22 February 2025 |date=2025}}</ref>

[[Mt. Umunhum]] in the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]] of [[Northern California]] is [[Ohlone languages|Ohlone]] for "resting place of the hummingbird".<ref name="mrosd">{{Cite web |title=Sierra Azul Preserve - Overview |url=http://www.openspace.org/preserves/sierra-azul#tabs-preserve_tabs-middle-4|date=2021 |access-date=5 March 2023 |publisher=[[Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District]]}}</ref>

The [[Gibson Hummingbird]] is an [[acoustic guitar]] model that incorporates a pickguard in the shape of a hummingbird by Gibson Brands, a major guitar manufacturer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hummingbird Original |url=https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Acoustic-Guitar/ACCFR6729/Antique-Natural |publisher=Gibson Brands, Inc. |access-date=5 March 2023 |date=2023}}</ref>

During the costume competition of the [[Miss Universe 2016]] beauty pageant, [[Miss Ecuador]], Connie Jiménez, wore a costume inspired by hummingbird wing feathers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garcia |first=Alexander |date=26 January 2017 |title=Connie Jiménez dressed as a hummingbird in the Miss Universe preliminary competition (translated from Spanish) |work=El Commercio |url=https://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/entretenimiento/conniejimenez-missecuador-missuniverso-trajes-competenciapreliminar.html |access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref>