The necessity for human sacrifice is directly correlated to the creation story about this cycle of the universe (Young). The Aztecs believed in a cyclical cosmology, similar to the Hindu beliefs, where after the destruction of the past universe a new god or goddess creates the next universe. The Aztecs believed that when this cycle was created the gods had to have a "necessary act of self-sacrifice" by one of them to create the sun, so one god threw himself into the fire to stabilize and give life to the universe. Despite this sacrifice, the sun still wobbled and was unstable, so the wind god blew all the other gods into the sun to nourish it and give stability to the universe. Since the gods gave their lives to stabilize the sun, the Aztecs believed that humans were eternally indebted to them and were required to nourish them with human blood, thus the more sacrifices the more the sun benefits.…