The Aztec Religion

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Scholars studying the Aztec religion have identified no fewer than 200 gods and goddesses, divided into three groups. Each group supervises one aspect of the universe: the heaven or the sky; the rain, fertility and agriculture; and, finally, the war and sacrifice. Often the Aztec gods were based on those of older Mesoamerican religions or shared by other societies of the day. I also thought it was cool that when huge swarms of locusts descended onto the Aztec crops,havoc corrupted.Food supplies were wiped out almost immedietly and people starved to

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