2006-07-11 04:21:46 · 14 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Hey Giggly! Yes, sort of.
No one knows why the Aztecs cut out and then ate the beating hearts of their sacrificial victims. But it was a very brutal society, in that sense, if none other.
The Aztec priests would have a person to be sacrificed to lay upon a convex altar. Then, the priest would cut out the still beating heart of the victim, and consume it.
I think it's highly likely that it was a sacrament. Cannibalism still continues today in remote places on earth, among primitive tribes. The practitioners often engage in the activity in the belief that one may assimilate the good qualities of the dead person by consuming a part of the decedent.
2006-07-11 04:31:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is a historic novel by Gary Jennings called Aztec, very good read, it hits on subjects like this, but it is a fiction.
Now as for history written by the Spaniards, there is a text done in the 1800s by Howard Prescott, I think called The Conquest of Mexico and Peru! In this there is a passage referring to a great sacrifice witnessed by the Spanish of over 10,000 put to the alter then fed to the poor!
2006-07-11 12:20:03 · answer #2 · answered by Bosun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know for certain about the Aztecs per se, but history is full of stories of cannibalism. Further scientific inquiry often reveals that many stories about tribal cannibalism often come from rival tribes, making such stories subject to doubt. Like if you heard somebody from Texas say that Oklahomans don't bathe or wash their clothes, you may believe it less than if you heard it from an actual oklahoman. Again, I'm not sure about the Aztecs, but the Anasazi of the southwestern U.S. area (about 10000 yrs ago) are reputed to have been cannibals.
2006-07-11 12:20:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Aztecs would remove people's hearts while they were still alive. They thought it was a good offering to the gods. I don't think they ate them though.
2006-07-11 11:25:20 · answer #4 · answered by Marie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really though they did perform gruesome blood sacrifices by ripping people's still-beating hearts from their chests.
Now that is freaky!
2006-07-11 17:53:06 · answer #5 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did sacrifice like there was no tomorrow; they thought they had to do so to feed the gods. I'm not sure they were cannibals, though.
2006-07-11 12:03:53 · answer #6 · answered by an amateur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they only occasionally cannibalized those who were sacrificed to the gods, and even then, it was mostly the priests who ate. The practice was not widespread either.
2006-07-11 11:27:13 · answer #7 · answered by Jesse O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they would only eat the heart and it was only eaten by the warriors wich would carry the dried organ in a pouch and would put it on top of the food they would eat
2006-07-11 12:43:25 · answer #8 · answered by raiderpt1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You're thinking of the Waffle House.
2006-07-11 11:25:23 · answer #9 · answered by 4999_Basque 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but they did rip out people's hearts as a sacrifice to the gods
2006-07-11 12:10:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋