tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post114601444206664548..comments2023-11-27T02:17:22.859-06:00Comments on The LawDog Files: Ruminations on the Aztec EmpireLawDoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05232684877582591461noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1146163338311248082006-04-27T13:42:00.000-05:002006-04-27T13:42:00.000-05:00Whoops! Try this:http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultu...Whoops! Try this:<BR/>http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/<BR/>mesoamerica/aztec.htmlBobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1146163254166763312006-04-27T13:40:00.000-05:002006-04-27T13:40:00.000-05:00http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/mesoamerica/a...http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/mesoamerica/aztec.html<BR/><BR/>"Cannibalism was not a daily occurrence in the Aztec life, but it was common on special religious and social occasions. Human sacrifices were necessary to honor the gods and to perpetuate human existence. They believed that humans were responsible for the pleasure or displeasure of the gods and, therefore, they aimed to make sure that the deities were happy. Twenty to fifty thousand people were sacrificed yearly."BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1146161770265088932006-04-27T13:16:00.000-05:002006-04-27T13:16:00.000-05:00markm, their priamry diet didn't consist of meat, ...markm, their priamry diet didn't consist of meat, and what meat they had was usually salted and sotred, no need to use people to get it and certainly no need to eat people. Sacrifice they did quite often, but not cannibalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1146118122597543992006-04-27T01:08:00.000-05:002006-04-27T01:08:00.000-05:00I really love archaeological stuff. The overall s...I really love archaeological stuff. The overall synopsies is pretty neat. Going to South America and visiting a lot of these sites is on my todo list before death finds my addy.Rhetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12663022985153231736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1146102937388568512006-04-26T20:55:00.000-05:002006-04-26T20:55:00.000-05:00Not to mention Montezuma getting whacked by his ow...Not to mention Montezuma getting whacked by his own people.<BR/><BR/>The Aztecs were pigs - part of the reason Cortez was able to convince so many of the various native tribes to side with him was that everyone else hated the Aztec's guts.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure ritual sacrifice had nothing to do with it.<BR/><BR/>Nice recap, Dog.catfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124423063293021127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1146073245438292362006-04-26T12:40:00.000-05:002006-04-26T12:40:00.000-05:00The Nochte Triste reads like a 16th Century Blackh...The Nochte Triste reads like a 16th Century <I>Blackhawk Down</I> with horses instead of MH-6 Little Birds.<BR/><BR/>A fascinating time in history...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1146065849109641032006-04-26T10:37:00.000-05:002006-04-26T10:37:00.000-05:00WEll, the wearing the skins thing is debatable, an...WEll, the wearing the skins thing is debatable, and the cannibalism was ritual and rare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1146058155713954832006-04-26T08:29:00.000-05:002006-04-26T08:29:00.000-05:00Thank You for the history lesson, Mr. Law Dog. May...Thank You for the history lesson, Mr. Law Dog. May I have another?<BR/>And Bobg's comment above about skinning, wearing of same, cannibalism, etc., sure sounds like the Reivers from Firefly to me! {SHUDDER}Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1146057761726859352006-04-26T08:22:00.000-05:002006-04-26T08:22:00.000-05:00"Pretty much it LawDog, except for the cutting out..."Pretty much it LawDog, except for the cutting out of still beating hearts as sacrifice."<BR/>And skinning them, wearing the skins, cannibalism, etc. The rest is right on.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1146056658196994612006-04-26T08:04:00.000-05:002006-04-26T08:04:00.000-05:00Pretty much it LawDog, except for the cutting out ...Pretty much it LawDog, except for the cutting out of still beating hearts as sacrifice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1146032078800345812006-04-26T01:14:00.000-05:002006-04-26T01:14:00.000-05:00How I wish I'd had a history teacher as interestin...How I wish I'd had a history teacher as interesting as this when I was in school!<BR/><BR/>Of course, everything I remember about the Aztecs is from "Royal Hunt of the Sun"....<BR/><BR/>Wait. That was Pizzaro. Never mind. (Those Incans looks an awful lot like Aztecs to me.)The Grouchy Old Yorkie Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999836100806402861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1146022058749606102006-04-25T22:27:00.000-05:002006-04-25T22:27:00.000-05:00I was impressed when I read Bernal Diaz's "Conques...I was impressed when I read Bernal Diaz's "Conquest of New Spain". Diaz was there with Cortez and as an old man Diaz wrote about it all. His take was definitely warts and all (Wartez and all?), it's pretty hard to pick a 'good guy' from that little soiree. <BR/><BR/>Credit where credit is due, I'll tip my hat to anyone who runs that kind of bluff and wins that big of a pot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com