Aztec Sacrifice

Who were the the Aztecs and why was human sacrificing so important and central to their society?

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Conflict in the Early Americas: An Encyclopedia of the Spanish Empire
Edited by Rebecca M. Seaman
Empire of the Aztecs By Barbara A. Somervill
Exploring the Aztecs By John Malam
The Aztecs By Michael E. Smith
The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction By David Carrasco
Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Concise Global History
By Fred S. Kleiner
Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control
By Ross Hassig

[daynelenggenhager]

"The corpse was beheaded, dismembered, and rolled down the stairs of the temeple."

*FLUTE MUSIC INTENSIFIES*

[bbybo]

Aztecs: *exists*
Conquistadors: *S P A N I S H O R V A N I S H*

[katieblack]

"What really drew the community together was public human sacrifice" - what a way to socialize

[jpbeauregard]

Girl: My heart beats for you my love
Boy: And mine for you as well my dear
Aztec priest: *S E I Z E T H E M*

[ponycentaur]

despite popular beliefs, it was not just the Spanish that beat the Aztecs. It was a union effort by nearly every tribe and neighboring tribe that either hated the Aztecs (for sacrificing their own, or fear of being conquered by them). THe Aztecs were able to rally up thousands of natives to join the Spanish and fight Aztecs . It was not just the Spanish trying to stop sacrificial Aztecs either. Quite afew angry tribes/groups also helped out, perhaps "bitter" about thier friends being sacrificed, to say the least .

[garythestormtrooper]

“How do we appease our gods?”
“Let’s kill and eat each other”
“Genius”

[Antisocialexe]

Aztecs:kills thousands of people

Aztec god:tf are they doing
Other Aztec god:idk we just let them it’s funny

[nitin_puranik]

Imagine standing in line waiting to have your heart ripped out. Your headless body would be rolling down the staircase in half an hour, just five more people to go ahead of you in the line. The gut wrenching scream of the current victim on the chopping table ringing in your ears as his chest gets torn apart and his still throbbing heart gets pulled out. You avoid looking at the gruesome scene and try calming yourself that it'll all be over soon. You realize that you've wet and soiled yourself in sheer terror.

One after the other, the five people in front of you turn into five headless, heartless corpses. It's your turn now.

You begin climbing the staircase, getting closer to the sacrificing board with every step you take.

You're now lying flat on your back on the sacrificing board and watch the executor's shiny, pointy dagger rising up above your chest...

[apollogold]

Me: (Finds a heart)

Aztecs: You ganna eat that?

[stopbeingstupid]

Imagine being sacrificed just so one big spicy boii can rise up for 1 day.

[benjaminentertainment]

"Blood will give life to the sun"
its like they are the ancient version of facebook.
"1like equals 1 drop of water to the africans"

[lillyie]

when the aztecs are so brutal their neighbors teamed up with spain

[alanmaclaren]

Japanese empire: I’m the most Barbarian Nation in the whole world!

Aztec: hold my heart

[andyfriederichsen]

You forgot to mention that many of the Aztecs' neighbors were really happy when the Aztecs got wiped out.

EDIT: They literally hated the Aztecs so much they sided with the Spanish.

[kecsere]

Vampire's be like: I succc so much blood
Aztecc: *OBSERVE*

[Igor-uguo]

When learning what Aztecs were doing to the prisoners of war, the old Greek and Roman slavery starts to seem like some merciful thing.

[carlosa.n]

Forgot to mention Cortez had between 250k - 500k native allies that hated the last Aztec (Mexica) ruler.

[mylesjennings]

The tears of small children .... these guys were not right in the head but I love the enthusiasm and dedication

[antwan]

People tend to under play the importance of the native tribes that joined the Spanish in overthrowing the Aztec which is the rival tribes. Just like how Alexander the great didn't use Greeks but rivals of his next target to take them down.

[just-a-silly-goofy-guy]

They better not sacrifice a sprite cranberry or Lebron will sacrifice _them_ instead