In order to understand why the Aztecs were so keen on sacrificing thousands of their people, what must first be understood is their beliefs. The Aztecs believed that creation began with the sun. Ometeotl, the original high god, existed in two forms, Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl, and produced 4 sons, Tezcatlipoca, Xipe Totec, Quetzalcoatl, and Huitzilopochtli. == They also believed that there were ages of the sun, and within each age, there were new people, animals and a disaster that ended the age. The first age was presided over by Tezcatlipoca, one of Ometeotl’s sons. In this age, the Earth was full of giants who were eventually destroyed by
