The Mythology and Religion of the Aztec

*Includes pictures


*Includes Spanish accounts of the Aztec's human sacrifices


*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading

"They strike open the wretched Indian's chest with flint knives and hastily tear out the palpitating heart which, with the blood, they present to the idols...They cut off the arms, thighs and head, eating the arms and thighs at ceremonial banquets. The head they hang up on a beam, and the body is...given to the beasts of prey." - Bernal Diaz, a Spaniard...