Name:
Torture Methods of The Aztec and Maya
• The Aztecs had
in one cycle, and for each of the
there was ritual sacrifice.
• Did the Aztec have zoos? If so what happened there?
Yes, The animals ate sacrifices
• List four methods of Aztec torture and sacrifice.
• What did the sacrificer do?
• As torture,
were torn out…*…and
was
common.
• The Aztecs used a
on which the captive
would be splayed out, back arched, allowing the sacrificer to
more easily access
from beneath the rib cage to
make a
.
• What happened to the sacrifices bones after the body was
disposed of?
• What is the meaning of the Aztec sacrifices? Elected people
were chosen to feed the gods to keep life continuous, and it
added value to their political propaganda
• Human sacrifice usually involved death by heart extraction. The
victims were chosen carefully according to
and
to the gods to whom they would be sacrificed.
• The
at
was a place of human
sacrifice. In this instance the victim was probably bound, hand
and foot and thrown into the deep water below.
• Even today some Maya practice the sacrificial rituals, but not
on humans.
are known to be the usual victims, but
to most the rite has become symbolic and the simple act of
into a cenote seems to be sufficient to
appease the Mayan gods of today
• To the Maya, blood gave
.
Lets Talk About Cuauhtémoc
What does Cuauhtémoc mean?
Who tortured Cuauhtémoc?
How was Cuauhtémoc tortured?
Why was Cuauhtémoc tortured?
Why was Cuauhtémoc executed after being brought by the Spaniards to
Itzamkanc?
http://archaeology.about.com/od/Aztec-Religion/a/Aztec-Sacrifice.htm
http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-sacrifice.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuauht%C3%A9moc
http://www.scns.com/earthen/other/seanachaidh/godmaya.html
http://www.scns.com/earthen/other/seanachaidh/godaztec.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061208-apocalypto-mel_2.html
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/deathafterlife/qt/012709MayaScrfc.htm
AZTEC:
Which god is also called “Four hundred rabbits”?
Which god rules over corn?
Which god was known as the Obsidian knife butterfly?
How did the Aztec celebrate “Xipe Totec”’s festival?
by skinning prisoners alive to help the growing corn
What group of people did “Lord Nose” rule over?
MAYA:
What god ruled over shapeshifting(which is dern awesome)?
• Name three things other than humans that The Maya sacrificed
Mam ruled over what natural disaster?
Manatee jaguar crocodiles opossum parrot quail rubber owl turtle
The Goddess puma
of volcanoes
divination
was?
squirreland
insects
feathers
dogs deer
• sacrifice appears to have been connected mainly with
, and
• What was the function of the ah nacom in Mayan human
sacrifice? He is the one who extracts the heart
• Children were especially chosen to be sacrificed to
, the
rain god.
• After being sacrificed the head was cut off and but on a
,or skull racks
Alex
Jacob 2012