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TEOYAOMQUI
It is estimated that approximately 20,000 people per year were sacrificed by the Aztec royalty to honour gods. Captives were taken to the top of pyramids where, upon a ritual flat stone table, they had their chests cut upon and their hearts ripped out. Then the bodies of the victims were tossed down the steps of the pyramids. The scene to both the Spaniards of that time and to us today is truly gruesome.
The Aztec also used a game to pick which slaves would be used for their sacrifices. To the Aztecs it was a honor to be sacrificed. The Ball game was a sacred Aztec rite after which the losing team was not sacrificed to the gods but the winning team was.
In Aztec mythology, Teoyaomqui (or Teoyaoimquit, Huahuantli) was the god of dead warriors, particularly those who had died in battle. He is a solar deity, the god of the Sixth Hour of the Day.
- How The Aztecs Honoured Teoyaomqui