Tag Archives: Quetzalcoatl

BETRAYED BY FALSE VISIONS & BAD OMENS

”The arrival of the Spanish seemed a liberation to the people under Aztec rule. Their final struggle was a form of suicide, as we can gather from all the existing accounts of that grandiose and astounding event. The gods had abandoned him. … Continue reading

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MONTEZUMA & THE LAST SUPPER

”Through cannibalism, the Aztecs appear to have been attempting to reduce very particular nutritional deficiencies. Under the conditions of high population pressure and class stratification that characterized the Aztec state, commoners or lower-class persons rarely had the opportunity to eat … Continue reading

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