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They cut peoples heart out and held it up (while still beating) to the sun.
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What was the name of the Aztecs main god?
The main was the sun god - Huitzilopochtli. All the gods were important to the Aztecs but the sun god was the most powerful.
What were religious practices of the Aztec?
The Aztecs believed in jaguar gods and the feathered serpent. Most important was the sun god, Huitzilopochtli, who took the form of a giant hummingbird. The Aztecs believed that the appearance of the sun every morning depended on their devotion to Huitzilopochtli. They also believed the sun drew its energy from human blood, so they practiced human sacrifice on an extremely large scale.
Why did the Mayans do human sacrifices?
the Aztecs made the human sacrifices because they believe that is what they had to do to make their around 300 gods happy. they would kill them and then take the heart of the human sacrifice out right away and hold it up to the sun for the gods and then throw it at a picture of the god. people were willing to be the sacrifices because they felt it was an honour to die for their gods.
Why did the Maya take longer to conquered than the Aztec?
the Aztecs were demolished by Hernan Cortes. a spainard. all of the survivors were taken captive and sacrificed to the sun god
Who was the sun god for the mayans?
Tonatiuh was a sun god throughout central Mexico of the present age we live in, (there were 5 altogether), he started out as a Toltec god and was later adopted into both Maya and Aztec mythologies. According to the Aztecs, Tonatiuh started out as Nanautzin, a god of no importance, and through good luck acquired the position of god of the sun of the current age. Tonatiuh was responsible for the sun moving through the sky, and the Aztecs sacrificed countless humans to keep this happening.
Why did the Aztecs make sacrifices to the sun of god?
Aztecs believed that if they make a sacrifice each day to the sun of god, the sun will rise the next day.
Where did the Aztecs sacrifices take place?
In the great temple where the sun god is.
Did Aztecs' really sacrifice peoples hearts and offer them to the sun god?
Yes. The Aztecs did do human sacrifices of their hearts and gave it to their sun of god, Huitzilopochtli.
Why did the Aztecs feel that they needed to give the sun god human sacrifices?
so they could have a have good for crops
Why did the Aztecs fell that they needed to give the sun god human sacrifices?
The Aztecs believed that the world was created and fueled by blood of the gods. The running of human blood, to the Aztecs, was the only way to obtain plentiful water and crops from the sun god each year.
Who is the Aztecs sun god?
Huitzilopochtli was the sun god of the Aztecs.
What was the name of the main god of the Aztecs?
Huitzilopochtli - the sun god of Aztecs
Why did the Aztecs sacrifice human beings to their gods?
Huitzilopochtli, the main god of the Aztecs and the god of war, was bloodthirsty and he needed sacrifices to sustain him in his journey throughout the day. The Aztecs believed that if they didn't sacrifice a human then the sun would not rise the next day.
Who sacrificed the Aztecs and Why?
Priests conducted sacrifices by cutting open the chest and tearing out the heart. It was done in honour of the Aztec god of the sun. The Aztecs were superstitious and thought that the god would destroy the world if they didn't get human blood to feed on (they were a violent race)
Did the Aztecs have a king of the God's like the Greeks?
yes they did. Aztecs even had a sun god and a war god.
Who is the sun god of the Aztecs?
NANAHUTIZAN
What was the name of the main god in Aztecs?
sun god
