Aztec Cihuateotl. The Aztecs believed that the sun was accompanied on its daily passage from east to west by the spirits of warriors who had lost their lives on the battlefields and by those of women who had died during childbirth.
Aztec Cihuateotl. The Aztecs believed that the sun was accompanied on its daily passage from east to west by the spirits of warriors who had lost their lives on the battlefields and by those of women who had died during childbirth.
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