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INFORMATION ON THE AZTEC GODS

Added on: 26th Jan 2016

 

HUITZILOPOCHTLI NEEDED HUMAN BLOOD

TO FIGHT EVIL

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Huitzilopochtli was a warrior sun god who required blood sacrifice

to help him win the battle against darkness and evil spirits.

Fortunately for humans, this was not always in the form of

human sacrifice and sometimes just a little bloodletting was enough.

 

 

OXOMOCO AND CIPACTONAL WERE THE

ADAM AND EVE OF AZTEC CULTURE

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The Aztecs believed that Oxomoco and Cipactonal were the first

human couple, and so they were for Aztec culture and religion

what Adam and Eve are for Judaism and Christianity. They bore

a son named Piltzintecuhtli, who married a maiden, daughter of

Xochiquetzal. Oxomoco was later upgraded to an Aztec deity:

the goddess of night, astrology, and the calendar.

 

 

FEW PEOPLE STILL WORSHIP

AZTEC GODS TODAY

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When the Spanish colonizers forced the locals to convert to

Christianity, the Nahuas, who were pure descendants of the

Aztecs, carried on worshiping their old sun god (Tonatiuh) in the

form of Jesus. Very few still worship Tonatiuh today.

 

 

HUEHUETEOTL WAS THE OLDEST GOD OF ALL

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Every Aztec “household” had a little shrine to the oldest god

of all, Huehueteotl, the fire god. A typical celebration in his

honour consisted of feasts and a time of ceasing hostilities.

The Aztecs would cut out the hearts of human sacrifices,

followed by burning them on coal. As a result, the people

would regain Huehueteotl’s favour through his

elements—fire and blood.

 

 

CIHUATETEO WAS THE ULTIMATE

FEMINIST GODDESS

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Cihuateteo embodied all female spirits and the souls of women

who died in childbirth. Childbirth was considered a form of

battle in Aztec culture, and its victims were honoured as

fallen warriors. However, Cihuateteo and her army of female

souls loved to haunt crossroads at night, stealing children and

causing sicknesses, especially seizures and madness

and seducing men to engage in sexual misbehaviour.

 

 

HUITZILOPOCHTLI WAS THE

“BOSS” OF THE AZTECS

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Despite there being a dispute between scholars who study Aztec

culture, it seems as if Huitzilopochtli was the great god of the

Aztecs. His worship fuelled the battles and sacrifices of the people

and his temples were built in the hearts of cities. The Templo Mayor

contained his temple and his image was on Moctezuma’s throne.

 

 

THE AZTEC GODS DIDN’T ALL COME

FROM THE SAME SOURCE

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Many different cultures made up the empire, so their gods were

frequently adopted and either added to the descriptions of existing

gods, or simply put into the pantheon.

 

 

GODS WERE MORTAL AND COULD DIE

IN THE AZTEC RELIGION

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Aztec gods could die and be reborn more than once. For that

matter, the gods would often sacrifice themselves to set the

world in motion but soon after would be reborn.

 


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