An aztec priest stands in the middle of tenochtitlan atop a stone pyramid with an obsidian blade in hand ready to sacrifice a captive from a nearby civilization. The captive, captured from a recent flower war, this war was only to capture others for sacrifice. The captive who has been fed and taken care of was going to be sacrificed to the sun god huitzilopochtli. You see the Aztec religion was polytheistic and heavily based upon sacrifice. The sacrifices were very different and catered to the specific god that they were sacrificing to. For example, The fire god, Xiuhtecuhtli, had to have the people sacrificed to him they had a large feast where at the end captives were burned to the point of near death and be pulled out then have their heart
