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Religion was extremely important in Aztec life. They worshipped hundreds of gods and goddesses, each of whom ruled one or more human activities or aspects of nature.
The Aztec empire and therefore their religion as such arose around the fourteenth and fifteenth century.
Each community had its own deity associated with it and there is no hierarchy particularly apparent in the supernatural universe, unlike the Aztec religion.
On the whole, Aztec religion increased the scale of human sacrifice far beyond anything previously known in Mesoamerica.
This is a model of the Great Temple in the heart of the Aztec city Tenochtitlan. It was the physical and symbolic centre of the Aztec world.
Sacrifice was one of the main events in the Aztec religion. Priests made human sacrifices to make the sun god happy. Aztecs fought in wars to capture men to sacrifice.
The Aztec religion was closely intertwined with their sciences, such as astronomy and medicine. ... Agriculture and farming were also related to religion: since Aztec society was based on farming,
Human sacrifices, as well as animal were a big part of Aztec religion. They used sacrifice as a means of satisfying their gods when they believed that they were angry for some reason.
An introduction to Aztec religion. ... Aztec sacrifices were an important aspect of the Aztec religion. At the root of these Aztec rituals was the belief that the gods needed to be nourished by
Sacred Texts: Aztec ... This index lists resources at sacred-texts relating to Aztec religion, folklore and spiritual practices.
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