Postcalssical+Americas+Religious

OLMECS []
 * Complex Religion
 * Feathered Serpent “Quetzalcoatl”
 * TEOTIHUACAN **
 * Worshiped Gods
 * God of Rain, Feathered Serpent, Goddess of Corn, Goddess of waters.
 * The gods and goddess appeared in murals and decorations in palaces and temples.
 * MAYA **
 * Complex Religion
 * Rituals of self mutilation
 * Sacrifices
 * Many deities
 * The deities had many occupations and classes
 * They had the basic Mesoamerican concept of dualism (Sterns 173)
 * Male and Female
 * Good and Bad
 * Day and Night
 * Emphasized unity
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Every god had a female form
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">AZTECS **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Had the concept of dualism
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Had deities
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Each male deity had a female form
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Human sacrifices
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Needed daily sacrifice
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Sacrificed prisoners of war
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">“Finally, the cult of warfare and sacrifice built on the preexisting Mesoamerican traditions that had been expanding since Toltec times and, under the militaristic Aztec state, became the cult of the state” (Sterns 354).
 * **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Huitzilpochtli **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">was the Aztec tribal patron
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Was seen has the old sun god and warrior of daytime fighting that struggled to give warmth and life.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">To give back to him, the Aztecs sacrifice humans in the forms of hearts and blood
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">INCAS **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Polytheistic
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Sun was the highest god
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Viracocha
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Big temple
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Sacrifices
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Mainly animals and food
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Occasionally humans
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Mummies
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Rulers were mummified
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Paraded around festivals
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Given gifts.