. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. MEXICAN CULTURE. 69 Many of the vanquished nations, such as that of the Totonacs, groaned under the burden of having to supply human victims to the Mexican gods, while their own divinity, " Mother of Men," demanded only seeds and flowers. Even in the Aztec temple of Texcoco, raised by Nezahualcoyotl to the " unknown god," public worship was confined to the burning of incense at the altar of the deity. But elsewhere wars, and the practice of adding captives to the other offerings, had Fig. 28.—Artificial Pyramid of gra
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. MEXICAN CULTURE. 69 Many of the vanquished nations, such as that of the Totonacs, groaned under the burden of having to supply human victims to the Mexican gods, while their own divinity, " Mother of Men," demanded only seeds and flowers. Even in the Aztec temple of Texcoco, raised by Nezahualcoyotl to the " unknown god," public worship was confined to the burning of incense at the altar of the deity. But elsewhere wars, and the practice of adding captives to the other offerings, had Fig. 28.—Artificial Pyramid of gradually imposed a religion of blood on the whole Nahua nation. Not the symbol of life, represented by the first-fruits of the earth, but life itself has now to be incessantly offered on the altars of the gods. Even when corn was presented it had first to be reduced to a paste, kneaded with the blood of children and maidens ; a dough was also prepared from the ashes of the fathers mingled with the flesh of their offspring. To appease the wrath of the wicked gods, to avert the evil machinations of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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