The Aztec Society and Culture

Kirsten Cabacungan, Wren Osler, and Anna Whelan

Tenochtitlan

Lake Texcoco

Chinampas

Expansion: Triple

Alliance

The Marketplace

Pilli vs. Macehualli

Population

Religion: The

beliefs and gods

of the Aztecs

Hundreds of Gods Each

with Different Roles

Huitzilopochtli: God of War and God of Sun

Quetzalcoatl: God of Life and Wind

Tlaloc: God of Rain

Xipe Totec: God of

Springtime and Regrowth

Human Sacrifice

Children's Tears Bring Rain

Agricultural Calendar

Religious Calendar

14 February – 5 MarchSacrifice children to Tlaloc

(God of Rain)

Equinox

All male

Religious Duty

Sacrifice prisoners

Pipiltin

Macuahuitl

Spaniards