The cult of death exists in Mexico for more than three thousand years. The ancient inhabitants of what is now the Mexican Republic to death conceived as necessary and happens to all beings in nature. They were assured that the cycles in nature as night and day, the dry season and rains were the equivalent of life and death.
began to represent life and death in emaciated human figures in half. These images symbolize the duality between the living and the dead, what we have inside and outside, the moon and sun. We can say that is when starting a cult of death that spreads to every corner of ancient Mexico and many cultures have revered as the Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec, Totonac, and more.
But one of the villages where the cult of death became more force was the Mexica or Aztecs. This town is considered one of the boldest of which news has led to extreme devotion to death.
THE GODS OF DEATH
The Aztecs inherited from ancient times to two gods: and Mictecacihuatl Mictlantecuhtli, the Lord and Lady of Mictlan the region of the dead. In this place were men and women who died of natural causes. But the road was not easy. Before coming to the Lord and Lady of death had to pass many obstacles, rocks collide, deserts and hills, a crocodile called Xochitonal, obsidian sharp wind and a river that crossed the dead with the help of a dog that was sacrificed on the day of his funeral.
Finally the deceased arrived in the presence of Mictecacihuatl Mictlantecuhtli and the terrible lords of darkness and death. Tradition says that is then delivered to the owners of the underworld offerings.
began to represent life and death in emaciated human figures in half. These images symbolize the duality between the living and the dead, what we have inside and outside, the moon and sun. We can say that is when starting a cult of death that spreads to every corner of ancient Mexico and many cultures have revered as the Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec, Totonac, and more.
But one of the villages where the cult of death became more force was the Mexica or Aztecs. This town is considered one of the boldest of which news has led to extreme devotion to death.
THE GODS OF DEATH
The Aztecs inherited from ancient times to two gods: and Mictecacihuatl Mictlantecuhtli, the Lord and Lady of Mictlan the region of the dead. In this place were men and women who died of natural causes. But the road was not easy. Before coming to the Lord and Lady of death had to pass many obstacles, rocks collide, deserts and hills, a crocodile called Xochitonal, obsidian sharp wind and a river that crossed the dead with the help of a dog that was sacrificed on the day of his funeral.
Finally the deceased arrived in the presence of Mictecacihuatl Mictlantecuhtli and the terrible lords of darkness and death. Tradition says that is then delivered to the owners of the underworld offerings.
Mictecacihuatl Mictlantecuhtli and were no doubt deities who were entrusted to the dead but they were raised by anyone who wanted the power of death. His temple was in the ceremonial center of the ancient city of Mexico Tenochtitlan, the name was Tlalxico which means "navel of the earth."
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