Here's a brief introduction to the Aztec gods and a list of 10 of the most important deities the Aztecs believed in. Aztec religion was polytheistic, meaning there were many different gods and ...

“Sacrifice shouldn’t be understood as a single phenomenon,” Sugiyama says, though it still formed important part of the Aztec world view. At its core, Aztec sacrifice was the act of offering gifts to ...

Temazcalteci was the goddess of bathing. The god of feasting, dancing, games, painting and writing was Xochipilli. The Aztec believed some of their gods controlled different parts of nature and ...

The California Department of Education has proposed an ethnic studies “model curriculum” that includes, among other things, chanting the names of Aztec gods in an attempt to build unity among ...