Aztec+Religion

=__ Aztec Religion __=

The Aztecs had many beliefs. They belived the sun fought darkness every night to save mankind they also thought the earth was flat. The Aztecs also thought that if they fed the sun blood it would rise again and that there were 13 hevens and 9 hells.

Young Aztec men became warriors at the ** age of 17 **. Aztec warriors were expected to be brave and noble. The overall purpose of the Aztec warriors was to serve and pay respect to the gods.



Aztec Gods
The Aztecs brought their many gods and godesses with them as a farming people. Most important was their sun god, Huitzilopochtli. The Aztecs also used him as their god of war.

They believed that their 'good' gods should be kept strong to keep away the 'bad' gods. They kept them strong by making human sacrifices.

They had many stories about their gods, here is one.

// TEZCATLIPOCA -// // The god of the Great Bear constellation and of the night sky. // // Tezcatlipoca's animal disguise, was the jaguar, the spotted // // skin of which was compared to the starry sky. //

The Aztecs took there god and godesses with them where ever they went.

