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Aztec Priests Appease Mictlantecuhtli, Aztec God of Death
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Title: Aztec Priests Appease Mictlantecuhtli, Aztec God of Death
Caption: Aztec priest draw blood from their bodies with skewers and knives to appease Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of the Underworld. Priests often performed self-sacrifice whereby they perforated their tongues, earlobes, legs and arms. Mictlantecuhtli, in Aztec mythology, was a god of the dead and the king of Mictlan, the lowest and northernmost section of the underworld. He was one of the principal gods of the Aztecs and was the most prominent of several gods and goddesses of death and the underworld (see also Chalmecatl). The worship of Mictlantecuhtli sometimes involved ritual cannibalism, with human flesh being consumed in and around the temple. No source or date information given.
Personalities: AZTEC
Category: ILLUSTRATION • History: Ancient
Credit: Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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Image size: 3835 × 2848 px | 31.2 MB
Print size: 32.5 × 24.1 cm | 1509.8 × 1121.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ANCIENT CIVILIZATION • ANCIENT CULTURE • ART • ARTFORM: ICON • ARTWORK • AZTEC CIVILIZATION • AZTEC EMPIRE • AZTEC PRIESTS • AZTEC RELIGION • AZTEC • BLOOD SACRIFICE • BLOODY • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CENTRAL AMERICA • DEATH GOD • DEITY • DRAWING • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • GOD OF DEATH • GOD OF DOGS • GOD OF OWLS • GOD OF SPIDERS • GOD OF THE DEAD • GOD • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: ANCIENT • ICON • ICONOGRAPHY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • IMPORTANT • KING OF CHICUNAUHMICTLAN • KING OF MICTLAN • KING OF THE UNDERWORLD • LEGEND • LEGENDARY • LORD OF MICTLAN • LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD • MESOAMERICA • MESOAMERICAN RELIGION • MESOAMERICAN • MICTLANTECUHTL • MICTLANTECUHTZI • MYTH • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NAHUAS • NAHUATL • NOTABLE • PEOPLE FROM AZTLAN • PRIMITIVE ART • SELF SACRIFICE • SELF-SACRIFICE • TZONTEMOC • WELL-KNOWN
