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Offered because they believed that it was the only way to bring cosmic balance and that the sun would continue to rise and the rain would still come to nourish the earth. the aztec also believed that human sacrifices were a way to extend life by balancing and feeding the universe.
Aztec mythology states that gods would sacrifice one another to keep the sun moving. They also believed that killing children would bring rain to nourish their crops.
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If a aztec died by old age he/she would go to the Mictlan or a concept of Hades, this place was ruled by Mictlanecuhtli, he was a skeletal death god who looks like Charon. Charon was a ferryman of Hades in greek mythology. To prepare the body they would wrap he/she up in paper and secure it with a cloth tied shut, then they would cremate the body along with a dog as a guide/companion while in the under world.
MIctlantecuhtli was associated with the spider, the owl, and the bat. He was the aztec god of death and worshipped across Mesoamerica.
Warriors slain in battle and those who willingly gave themselves up as human sacrifices, they were considered heros, These heros would go to Tlaloc, a parasidal afterworld glowing with springs and gods. The Aztecs had more than one parasidal after life. Tlaloc was the 4th heaven named after the rain gods bearing the same name whose celestial duty was to keep the crops glowing with life from the rain nourishment. They also believed that when a warrior died his death honored the sun god and the departing warrior would find its way to Tlaloc with the suns rays.
The heros would be buried in the ground with objects depicting images of the mountain god associated with Tlaloc. The Aztecs believed that the heros had fire like souls and wrapped their bodies in cloth decorated with birds and butterflies to symbolize the essence of their soul. THey also believed that when a warrior died his death honored the sun god and the departing warrior would find its way to Tlaloc with the suns rays.
Not every ceremony or ritual required human sacrifice. In some rituals, priests and laymen would cut themselves and offer their blood to the gods. Other rituals, small birds or other creatures were sacrificed. Many Aztec ceremonies required human victims.
Some aztecs were memorialized by artwork. Aztec sculptures were not not simply made of random artistic inspiration but were instead the result of a monumental synthesis of religious and cultural concepts. It points that a vital aspect of a Aztec sculpture, the artwork obtains realistic features in concrete details
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