Legends And Their Influence On The Aztecs

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Of course they are according to their own legends and also very affiliated with sacrifices.usually the aztecs were buried under their homes,and after the gods were honored. Before that they fed the gods with intestines and blood . nevertheless the aztecs were very religious.

Huitzil Pochita is piety petrov also children were welcomed into the world second some english words come from the aztecs.and finally the spanish came in in 1519

The mun run houses and often a big family, in the aztec world adultery is a crime and women don't run houses and small pox killed the aztecs.

Around 1315-1521 the aztecs had loose clothes also no silk clothing and often one had more than one wife . and they have one sacred holiday. They were good in farming

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