The Aztec Beliefs Flashcards
Huitzilopochtli
Was the Patron of Aztec gods. The sun god.He was the god to tell the Aztec civilization to establish their City capital Tenochtitlan.
Human Sacrifice
The act of slaughtering or killing a human as an offering for a deity or a god.
Quetzalcoatl
Known as the feathered serpent, he is one of the most important and significant gods of Mesoamerican cultures. This god was a patron of knowledge and learning.
Tlaloc
Also known as the rain god, he is associated with the qualities of fertility and agriculture.It was believed that the cries of newborn children was important to the god meaning they also went to sacrifice these children for there cries.
fifth era
They believed that the fifth era started when the a god sacrificed himself to change into the sun and bring back the human civilization.
Blood-letting
Blood-letting was the ritual to cut oneself or pierce oneself for religious purposes.
Ritual
A religious activity preformed strictly and follows a series of events.
Sacrifice
An action of killing an animal or a human life as an offering to a god.
Sacrifice
An action of killing an animal or a human life as an offering to a god.
List 4 gods and their powers.
Huitzilopochtli- Known as the sun god
Tezcatlipoca’s-evil power, associated with death and cold.
Quetzalcoatl-knowledge and learning and also a creative god.
Tlalo-the rain god
What were the responsibilities of the Aztecs to the Gods?
The responsibility to the Aztecs were that they had constantly keep on making the gods happy. Sacrifices, rituals and every day normal things, they sacrificed themselves. Paying human blood as that’s what the gods prized most.Their role was to maintain the universe in balance through their rituals and sacrifice.fight and die for the gods and to keep the world order in balance.
List two responsibilities that the gods had according to the Aztecs?
The two responsibilities that the They had to keep the world going
Why was Huitzilopochtli so important to the Aztecs?
The reason why he was so important was because he was the god to told them to establish their main capital city Tenochtitlan.
Why was human sacrifice so important?
The reason why human sacrifice was important was the Aztecs believed that human blood was prized above anything else. They also believed that without human sacrifice the earth would dry up and the sun and he planets wouldn’t be able to travel across the sky. As well as if there was no human sacrifice everything would end.
What were the Aztecs beliefs about the gods?
They believed that there god sacrificed himself to bring back the human civilization and became the sun.Their duty was to fight and die for the gods and to keep the world order in balance. As well as each god was held accountable for either good or evil things and blessing or bad luck.
