Monday, October 20, 2014
Moon gods
While observing the moon, which was a Waning Moon tonight; I thought to myself, "back when Aztecs and Mayans were their own civilization they looked to the moon as a god. Also, for everything else like sun, dirt, and migration gods." Anyways, my question: did the Aztecs have special ceremonies for the moon? "So I have came to find out that the Aztecs had hundreds of gods and they sacrificed a human to please the gods because they thought if they didn't, they would face severe consequences." (http://gozamos.com/2010/10/aztec-ceremonies-and-sacrifices/) The Aztecs also built temples and pyramids for the moon which started in 200 A.D. and ended between 450 A.D. for the moon temple. The temple was called Tenan, which means "mother or protective stone" In Nahuatl. The Pyramid of the Moon is the second largest pyramid in Teotihuacan, in Mexico after the Pyramid of the Sun. (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_the_Moon#/image/File:Piramide_de_la_Luna_072006.jpg) Here is what the Aztecs moon temple looked like.
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I always think about how the ancients must have perceived things like the moon, things they had no scientific knowledge of. It's no wonder they built temples for this amazing entity.
ReplyDeleteI think it's neat that the Aztecs believed in the moon gods but then again they believed in all sorts of gods so why wouldn't they believe in the moon . Something that is still on my mind is why sacrifice humans? Why not animals or plants?
ReplyDeleteI think that these kind of details from the past are super important for everyone to know. We need to see how others saw this earth and everything on it, and compare it to how see it now. This would create a whole new perspective of the world, and allow us to bring knowledge and art together. Great blog, and very interesting facts. Keep it up!
ReplyDeletewas it the Mayans who used the moon to make the first calendar, or was it the Aztecs? Did they even use the moon, or was is the sun? I'm not really sure. Great blog by the way, keep the good work up!
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed reading these interesting facts, I honestly didn't know some of these facts. Love how you connected the moon all the way back to the Aztecs and Mayans. But I do agree with Sergio, why did the sacrafice humans? Not animals? Or something else?
ReplyDeleteIts amzing how in a couple of decades a civilization of a millions decreased to hundreds of thousands and those were my ancestors , honestly I didnt know they had a moon god. I wish i could learn more about them but today archaeologists dont know much about them.
ReplyDeleteI really like how to you tied the Aztecs in with the moon, I myself am writing about the moon too and this topic never crossed my mind. You're doing really great.
ReplyDeleteI Aztecs their more to it than u Can imagine like I say I'm Aztec apache I know more about them look up lordsburg door
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