The aztecs simply placed the heart in the altar of a god or godess after it was torn out of a victims chest OUCH! :o
the vivtim heart was offered to the sun god
I don't believe the Aztecs actually ate hearts. However, they did sacrifice people by cutting out their hearts while they were still alive. Apparently, the still beating heart was a great gift to the Gods! Another little fact is that they also thought that children were the best to sacrifice! The Aztecs may have been called 'heart-eating Aztecs' because, during war, the Aztec soldiers would capture the enemy. After the battle, the prisoners of war would be sacrificed. Seeing as how the priest only needed the heart for the Gods, the rest of the body was untouched. However, the Aztecs also believed it was customary for the person who caught the sacrifice to eat the rest of the body... which is maybe why the Aztecs were called 'heart-eating Aztecs'.
the heart of the slaves of war
It is because they made sacrifices of the Incas to gain their hearts and blood to appease the gods they worshiped.
Without hearts the Aztecs would died.
Aztecs
the vivtim heart was offered to the sun god
by taking out their heart and eating it
they pull there heart out
I don't believe the Aztecs actually ate hearts. However, they did sacrifice people by cutting out their hearts while they were still alive. Apparently, the still beating heart was a great gift to the Gods! Another little fact is that they also thought that children were the best to sacrifice! The Aztecs may have been called 'heart-eating Aztecs' because, during war, the Aztec soldiers would capture the enemy. After the battle, the prisoners of war would be sacrificed. Seeing as how the priest only needed the heart for the Gods, the rest of the body was untouched. However, the Aztecs also believed it was customary for the person who caught the sacrifice to eat the rest of the body... which is maybe why the Aztecs were called 'heart-eating Aztecs'.
the heart of the slaves of war
It is because they made sacrifices of the Incas to gain their hearts and blood to appease the gods they worshiped.
Without hearts the Aztecs would died.
Yes. When the Aztecs sacrificed people, they cut out the heart and held it beating, to the sun.
they would cut the chest with a knife and then reach into the cavity and take the heart out. its a gruesome act but it was all for sacrifice.
The Aztecs thanked their gods by sacrificing humans. They did this by ripping out the heart while the human was alive. The Aztecs were very blood thirsty people who were always willing to give their gods what they wanted.
They sacrificed by cutting the body open with either bone or obsidian and taking out the heart.