This unit will point out similarities between Aztec mythology and other world mythologies From the Aztecs' creation myth and its variations, to the long
the fundamental concern of Aztec ritual was with rain and fertility [ ] Another very important element was the extreme conditions of the natural environment
Once the sun was moving across the sky, it was Quetzalcoatl who took on the responsibility of creating mankind He did this by going to the underworld to bring
For seven thousand years1 in every corner of Mesoamerica,2 thousands of people were decapitated, stoned, drowned, burned, crushed to death or cut open to have
The Aztec belief in the inevitability of an apocalypse may be tied to one of their creation myths At the time of the Spanish conquest, the Aztecs were
The Aztec Gods 144 Rituals 152 Ritual Human Sacrifice 153 Reading 157 7 FUNERARY BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 159 Creation Myths and Concepts about Death