[Aztlan] on the rightness or wrongness of human sacrifice

[Jaime Andres Pretell]

Wasn't the Flowery war Aztec? Where all sacrifices from the Flowery Wars? We 
were speaking of the Aztecs, but you bring up a good point. Did the Maya 
have a similar concept of Flowery War?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jules Siegel" <jules at cafecancun.com>
To: "Aztlan" <Aztlan at lists.famsi.org>
Cc: "Jaime Andres Pretell" <jaime_pretell at hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Aztlan] on the rightness or wrongness of human sacrifice


> Jaime Andres Pretell wrote:
>
>>  If the Aztec victims that died were in themselves willing
>>  participants and believers in the sacrificial value of others, then I
>>  would agree they were part of the belief system, the norm values of
>>  the group.  And that is my question, did they? Were all sacrifices
>>  from within the Aztec belief system and willing participants in it
>>  when it came to others?
>
> Maya kings commemorated on stone monuments the dates of their own 
> mutilation in which they gave blood for the good of the realm. I am 
> writing without consulting my references, but if I recall correctly, the 
> sacrificial victims were captured in sacred warfare known as the Flowery 
> (i.e. divine) Wars. They accepted this destiny as the price of being a 
> warrior, and presumably felt it was only right and proper.
>
> Did any of them attempt to escape? Succeed? Leave their own version of it 
> all for history to absorb and judge?
>
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