The Spanish viewed human sacrifice, particularly among indigenous cultures like the Aztecs, as barbaric and deeply disturbing. They perceived it as a brutal practice contrary to their Christian values, which emphasized the sanctity of life. This belief fueled their justification for conquest and conversion efforts, as they sought to eradicate what they considered pagan practices. The Spanish often exaggerated accounts of these sacrifices to portray indigenous peoples as savages needing salvation.
The Spanish thought that the Aztec's were crazy because they sacrificed living human flesh a held the human's beating heart up to the sky, then ironically burned thousands alive at the stake.- He called the gods devils and evil things.Conquistador Hernando Cortes retreated his station because he was afraid the Aztecs would do this to him or his crew.
The Aztecs practiced human sacrifice to keep their war god Huitzilopochtli strong.
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The Aztecs think that human sacrifice was important because they thought the gods that they worshiped would grow weak and they wouldn't have the stuff they had.
The Spanish conquistadors generally viewed human sacrifice as barbaric and a sign of the supposed moral and cultural inferiority of the indigenous peoples they encountered, particularly the Aztecs. They condemned these practices as part of their broader missionary agenda to convert indigenous populations to Christianity. This negative perception was often used to justify the conquest and colonization of the Americas, portraying the Spanish as saviors bringing civilization to a brutal practice. However, some Spanish chroniclers also recognized the complexity of indigenous cultures, acknowledging that human sacrifice held significant religious and social meanings for those societies.
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The Spanish thought that the Aztec's were crazy because they sacrificed living human flesh a held the human's beating heart up to the sky, then ironically burned thousands alive at the stake.- He called the gods devils and evil things.Conquistador Hernando Cortes retreated his station because he was afraid the Aztecs would do this to him or his crew.
The Aztecs think that human sacrifice was important because they thought the gods that they worshiped would grow weak and they wouldn't have the stuff they had.
Before the Aztec Met The Spanish There Worldview Was Religion And War. They use to believe that the sun would not rise if they did not sacrifice the human heart and blood to the gods.
Throughout history, human sacrifice has been carried out, exclusively by other humans. Although most people equate human sacrifice with ancient obscure religious cults and barbaric cultures, it continues to this day and in some very public places. We tend to think of painted savages wielding stone blades when we think of human sacrifice, but government officials, religious zealots and the commanders of military actions are, as I type this, practicing human sacrifice. And the unnerving thing about it is that most of those sacrificed go willingly to the slaughter, believing they are "doing the right thing".
prisioners sometimes partake in human sacrifice
No. Hindus do not believe in human sacrifice.
Human Sacrifice - album - was created in 1988.
The Incas were suppose to have done human sacrifice.