[Aztlan] on the rightness or wrongness of human sacrifice

Jules Siegel jules at cafecancun.com
Mon Feb 2 18:46:07 CST 2009


Jaime Andres Pretell wrote:

> Wasn't the Flowery war Aztec? Where all sacrifices from the Flowery Wars? We
> were speaking of the Aztecs,

I'm sorry. I thought it was clear that I was referring to the Aztec
sacrifice victims.

> but you bring up a good point. Did the Maya have a similar concept of Flowery
> War?

I don't know. I don't recall wars for the purpose of capturing
sacrificial victims as being very prominent in Maya history. I'll see
what I can find out.

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