Extreme Bloodlust - Aztec Human Sacrifice

Extreme Bloodlust - Aztec Human Sacrifice
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Since I have not gone into much detail about the actual political history of the Mexica in this video as the video focused on the topic of human sacrifices, I do recommend checking out Invicta's video and QnA podcast on the subject. There are some mistakes (as there always are, nothing is perfect) but over all I think it is a very good introduction into the Mexican history. Video- https://youtu.be/8a8SkSYtHXo QnA- https://youtu.be/g4mFK5AFP7s 0:00
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Introduction 2:52 Intro to "Aztec" Religion 6:04 Intro to "Aztec" Sacrifices 8:15 Heart-Extraction Sacrifice 16:52 God Impersonator Sacrifice 19:15 Intro to the Historical Theories 20:01 Ecological Argument 21:23 Political Argument 23:58 Conclusion to the Sacrifices and Theories 26:20 Problems With the Source Material 33:53 Conclusion !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Extra information and Corrections that didn't fit into the Pinned Comment! - For the creation myth I seemed to have confused the fact that Huitzilopochtli, even though being the sun god (maybe), was not the god that sacrificed himself to be the sun in the fifth iteration of the sun. Basically Huitzilopochtli did not sacrifice himself to be the sun as I said in the video.
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Also the whole celestial battle between the sun and the moon was a bit too oversimplified on my part as to be really accurate. See the long comment I "hearted" in the description by MajoraZ for more information on this. -
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For more context into the religious continuum I talk about in the pinned comment see Zuyuano Regime. - The Itzcoatl quote does not say 'history' but 'paintings' but the Aztecs called their codices paintings as that's partly what they where and in the context of the quote it most definitely means history when it says paintings. That's why for the sake of clarity I amended the quote. The king was also helped in this or persuaded to do this by the chief Mexica advisor at the time Tlacaelel. It is also argued it was Tlacaelel who helped established the whole imperial cult. Durán, Diego, Doris. Heyden, and Fernando Horcasitas. The Aztecs : The History of the Indies of New Spain. New York: Orion Press, 1964. p. 141.
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FAIR USE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
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