USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -When the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his men arrived in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán in 1521, they described witnessing a grisly ceremony. Aztec priests, using razor-sharp obsidian blades, sliced open the chests of sacrificial victims and offered their still-beating hearts to the gods.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aztec beliefs In order to postpone their destruction and appease the gods, men performed human sacrifices. Their duty was to feed the gods with human blood, thereby keeping the sun alive. They believed that the gods could be satisfied through the sacrifice of animals, objects, and, in particular, people.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many scholars now believe that Aztec human sacrifice, especially during troubled times like pandemic or other crises, was performed in honor of the gods. Most scholars of Pre-Columbian civilization see human sacrifice among the Aztecs as a part of the long cultural tradition of human sacrifice in Mesoamerica.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aztec prisoners were used as slave labor or as human sacrifices to the gods. This was the fate of prisoners captured during war or the fate of criminals from within the Aztec society itself. Those placed in slavery served in agriculture, construction, and as personal servants to Aztec elites.

Detailed explanation-5: -Huitzilopochtli (Classical Nahuatl: Huītzilōpōchtli [wiːt͡siloːˈpoːt͡ʃt͡ɬi], modern Nahuatl pronunciation (help. info)) is the solar and war deity of sacrifice in Aztec mythology. He was also patron of the Aztecs and their capital city, Tenochtitlan.