Offerings in the ancient Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlán (now in modern Mexico City) have been linked to the cycle of the agricultural seasons and involved human sacrifice to Quilaztli Cihuacóatl, one of the Aztec goddesses of earth and fertility.
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Janelix Lourido's comment,
March 5, 8:49 PM
Los sacrificios humanos fueron muy practicados por la mayoría sino por todas las civilizaciones pre colombinas ya que por medio de estos se mantenían en contacto con sus deidades y estas contentas con sus ofrendas le retribuían en cosechas abundantes, evitando sequías y otros fenómenos naturales.
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Bit of a mixed feeling about this one. but fascinating insight into the dark mind of the Aztec Priest. Did they really believe this was needed?