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The Aztec or Aztec is one of Central America from central Mexico with a rich heritage and cultural mythology. In Nahuatl, the language of the tribe of Aztecs, "Aztec" means a person who comes from Aztlán ". The Aztecs also refer to themselves as the Mehika or Meshika or Mexica, the origin of the name Stocking" Mexico ". The use of the Aztec name as a term that refers to those who have economic, customs, religion, and language Mexica initiated by Alexander von Humboldt.

Legend.

Aztec is one of several cultures, referred to generally as "nahuas" follow their language. When the Aztecs came to the valley Anahuac, they are considered by other nahuas as the least civilized, so they decided to learn and take from kaum- the other, they learn a lot from the old Toltec (which is often confused with the older Teotihuacan culture. The Aztecs incorporate some traditions mixed with their own traditions. Therefore they have some creation myths, one of which depicts four era before the world today, all of which ended in disaster. The era of the fifth will be everlasting due to the sacrifice of a hero to the sun. This tale is associated with the old city of Teotihuacan , which had been destroyed when the Aztecs arrived. Myth others describe the world as the creation of twin gods, Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl, Tezcatlipoca lost his leg in the process of creation of the world and all the figures of these gods illustrate Tezcatlipoca without legs and expose the bone. Quetzalcoatl is also identified as Tezcatlipoca White.
According to legend, they wander to the Lago de Texcoco in Central Mexico from somewhere in the north recognized as Aztlán. They are guided by their god Huitzilopochtli. When they arrived at an island in the middle of the lake, they saw an eagle eating a snake while perched atop a nopal cactus, picture accordance with the forecast set them a new settlement there. The Aztecs make their city known as Tenochtitlan. The site, at the present time is the center of Mexico City. The legendary Eagles were also found in the Mexican flag.

Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Aztecs in America.

Religion is an important part of the development of a culture. One of the seven universal culture, and every element of this culture was transformed into 3 culture form.

Religion is an important part of human life, every human being instinctively need this as the rest of his life. Every human being has experienced a religious emotion, it is this which encourage people to commit acts that are religious.

This religious ceremony is comprised many elements, such as: (a) bersaji; (b) sacrifice; (c) eat meals together, etc.

Using human lives sacrificed on the Aztecs is the central point of this discussion and in general what is happening in America at that time.

Ceremony using human casualties, almost in all forms of society which have a culture, even apart from all cultures and civilizations that have existed on the face of this earth.

Take for example, the Dayak communities in Central Kalimantan headhunting familiar with the term, for the establishment Phanter betiwah procession. This shows that in societies everywhere, that recognize human sacrifice ceremony confidence in it.

Material and Immaterial Culture.

Material culture is a culture that is the work of humans. When glancing to America, then we will find the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan (Mexico), or Castilo Pyramid in the Yucatan.

Immaterial Culture is a human spiritual culture that generates knowledge, trust, decency, courtesy, and the law. It shows confidence in the realm of immaterial, but the shape of the material can be found in a ceremony in which the trust is done.

Tribes that Know Your Human Sacrifice in America.

"Generally the confidence of the Indians Azteca, Maya, and Inca is the worship of statues, held a human sacrifice. , , . "From a statement indicating that the three tribes are famous from America know the ceremony with a human sacrifice.

". , , greater ethnic group known as the Missippi or adherent culture shrine monument. , , , they develop into people who know the system and the hierarchy who have practiced ritual human sacrifice. , . "

Above is the tribe held a sacrifice, however not many references that describe in detail how this human sacrifice.

Ritual Human Sacrifice process.

There are many tribes in America, but only 4 are identifiable human sacrifice ceremony organized in accordance references used (can be seen in the list of references). Even so, the Missipi and Incas could not be described how a human sacrifice was organized. Azteca can only be described a little obvious. Meanwhile known Mayan gentle also know this ritual, they get this ceremony from the Toltec (so Toltec tribe is the tribe who also organizes human sacrifice.) Making it the most important part of religious ceremonies.

Aztecs worshiped many gods or polytheism. They worship the sun god is Huitzilochti. They believe that the sun is the source of life and needs to be maintained, in order to continue to circulate in orbit and spin rising and sinking. It required a lubricant that is purely human blood. They believed that human sacrifice is a sacred task and must be done in order to keep the sun god gives prosperity for mankind. Sacrifice made on the altar on top of the pyramid by taking the victim's heart to pastor. Human sacrifice was also conducted en masse by killing many people.

Huzlopochtli, in particular, so greedy that at a special ceremony of thousands of human beings were sacrificed as offerings to him in a single day. Monte Zuma II never sacrifice the 5100 victims in a memorial ceremony throne. At the time Ahuitzolt ruling in the 15th century, at least 20,000 human soul victimized in the ceremony. Potential victims were herded to the top of the pyramid where the pastor competing for their share of each and cut the heart of the victim with a knife glass stone, and offered warm and still bloodstained stone altar to the god.

Honorable death.

In the heyday of power Aztec, Tenochittlan a ceremonial center that is increasingly becoming a bloody-be. Various banquet sacramental rites and the other, creating a life that is overshadowed by the symbol of death. For the Aztecs, human blood is a part of the ceremony to prevent the destruction of the world, which according to them are marked by the disappearance of the sun. Sacrifice for the Aztecs is not a terrible thing, so does the potential victims. According to their belief, death at the hands of the pastor is a privilege. Victims were sacrificed to the gods by splitting the chest and took his heart, so as not to get angry and hungry and bring in natural disasters. This belief affects pendangan the Aztecs. Since childhood they have been trained to be ready to be used as sacrificial rituals when they were captured in battle. Die as a sacrifice for their ceremony means contributed their hearts and blood to be offered to the sun god, and thus participate in the strengthening sun daily battle against the dark (night) so that they become an important part of the sun.

Anthropologists hypotheses about Sacrificial Ceremony.

1. Sacrifices made to reduce the number of people, especially since the number of prisoners increased rapidly compared with the number of births.

2. To give to the people of the bodies were sacrificed as a source of protein and vitamins. This hypothesis is very weak, because the Aztecs produce corn, beans, and has dogs, chickens and turkeys.

3. Opinions more rational was to frighten dissidents and rebels, so they do not put up a fight against the ruling monarch. The prisoner of war made a lot of victims and a huge amount for the sun god, people are guilty too guilty also be subjected to a victim as general wrong in leading the war, the corrupt, the judge who mistakenly make decisions, as well as state officials who do wrong , including those who entered the restricted area of the royal palace.

Conclusion.

Almost all ethnic groups who have to know the culture of human sacrifice at a ceremony beliefs. Indian tribes (Aztec, Maya, Inca, People Missipi and Toltec tribes) knew ceremony trust with human sacrifice in a ritual. The Aztecs are one of the tribes of the world that use human sacrifices in large numbers in the ceremony confidence. Human sacrifice can not be separated during a ceremony trust in society at that time, as time advances rituals as it has shifted even disappear.
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Published Date: January 16, 2016 at 10:38