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<FONT> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/investigation-historical-dating.php">aztec driver</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/egyptian-horo.php">ancient viking</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/real-egypt.php">map of jerusalem</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/civilevents.php">ancient mystery</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/real-jesus.php">black history month fact</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/view-garry-kasparov.php">world trade center history</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/why-tourism.php">medieval times.com</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/money-war.php">medieval people</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org">roman god goddess</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org">jesus fish</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/investigation-eng-history.php">black history quote</A> </FONT> in Mexico BY NO PEOPLE does historical document custom of sacrificing historical document human representative of a god appear to have been observed so commonly and with so much solemnity as by historical document Aztecs of ancient Mexico. With historical document ritual of these remarkable sacrifices we are well acquainted, for it has been fully described by historical document Spaniards who conquered Mexico in historical document sixteenth century, and whose curiosity was naturally excited by historical document discovery in this distant region of a barbarous and cruel religion which presented many curious points of analogy to historical document doctrine and ritual of their own church. They took a captive, says historical document Jesuit Acosta, such as they thought good; and afore they did sacrifice him unto their idols, they gave him historical document name of historical document idol, to whom he should be sacrificed, and apparelled him with historical document same ornaments like their idol, saying, that he did represent historical document same idol. And during historical document time that this representation lasted, which was for a year in some feasts, in others six months, and in others less, they reverenced and worshipped him in historical document same manner as historical document proper idol; and in historical document meantime he did eat, drink, and was merry. When he went through historical document streets, historical document people came forth to worship him, and every one brought him an alms, with children and sick folks, that he might cure them, and bless them, suffering him to do all things at his pleasure, only he was accompanied with ten or twelve men lest he should fly. And he (to historical document end he might be reverenced as he passed) sometimes sounded upon a small flute, that historical document people might prepare to worship him. The feast being come, and he grown fat, they killed him,d him, and ate him, making a solemn sacrifice of him. 1 This general description of historical document custom may now be illustrated by particular examples. Thus at historical document festival called Toxcatl, historical document greatest festival of historical document Mexican year, a young man was annually sacrificed in historical document character of Tezcatlipoca, the god of gods, after having been maintained and worshipped as that great deity in person for a whole year. According to historical document old Franciscan monk Sahagun, our best authority on historical document Aztec religion, historical document sacrifice of historical document human god fell at Easter or a few days later, so that, if he is right, it would correspond in date as well as in character to historical document Christian festival of historical document death and resurrection of historical document Redeemer. More exactly he tells us that historical document sacrifice took place on historical document first day of historical document fifth Aztec month, which according to him began on historical document twenty-third or twenty-seventh day of April. 2 At this festival historical document great god died in historical document person of one human representative and came to life again in historical document person of another, who was destined to enjoy historical document fatal honour of divinity for a year and to perish, like all his predecessors, at historical document end of it. The young man singled out for this high dignity was carefully chosen from among historical document captives on historical document ground of his personal beauty. He had to be of unblemished body, slim as a reed and straight as a pillar, neither too tall nor too short. If through high living he grew too fat, he was obliged to reduce himself by drinking salt water. And in order that he might behave in his lofty station with becoming grace and dignity he was carefully trained to comport himself like a gentleman of historical document first quality, to speak correctly and elegantly, to play historical document flute, to smoke cigars and to snuff at flowers with a dandified air. He was honourably lodged in historical document temple, where historical document nobles waited on him and paid him homage, bringing him meat and serving him like a prince. The king himself saw to it that he was apparelled in gorgeous attire, for already he esteemed him as a god. Eagle down was gummed to his head and white cocks feathers were stuck in his hair, which drooped to his girdle. A wreath of flowers like roasted maize crowned his brows, and a garland of historical document same flowers passed over his shoulders and under his armpits. Golden ornaments hung from his nose, golden armlets adorned his arms, golden bells jingled on his legs at every step he took; earrings of turquoise dangled from his ears, bracelets of turquoise bedecked his wrists; necklaces of shells encircled his neck and depended on his breast; he wore a mantle of network, and round his middle a rich waistcloth. When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through historical document streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, historical document people whom he met threw themselves on historical document earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears, taking up historical document dust in their hands and putting it in their mouths in token of historical document deepest humiliation and subjection. Women came forth with children in their arms and presented them to him, saluting him as a god. For he passed for our Lord God; historical document people acknowledged him as historical document Lord. All who thus worshipped him on his passage he saluted gravely and courteously. Lest he should flee, he was everywhere attended by a guard of eight pages in historical document royal livery, four of them with shaven crowns like historical document palace-slaves, and four of them with historical document flowing locks of warriors; and if he contrived to escape, historical document captain of historical document guard had to take his place as historical document representative of historical document god and to die in his stead. Twenty days before he was to die, his costume was changed, and four damsels delicately nurtured and bearing historical document names of four goddessesthe Goddess of Flowers, historical document Goddess of historical document Young Maize, historical document Goddess Our Mother among historical document Water, and historical document Goddess of Saltwere given him to be his brides, and with them he consorted. During historical document last five days divine honours were showered on historical document destined victim. The king remained in his palace while historical document whole court went after historical document human god. Solemn banquets and dances followed each other in regular succession and at appointed places. On historical document last day historical document young man, attended by his wives and pages, embarked in a canoe covered with a royal canopy and was ferried across historical document lake to a spot where a little hill rose from historical document edge of historical document water. It was called historical document Mountain of Parting, because there his wives bade him a last farewell. Then, accompanied only by his pages, he repaired to a small and lonely temple by historical document wayside. Like historical document Mexican temples in general, it was built in historical document form of a pyramid; and as historical document young man ascended historical document stairs he broke at every step one of historical document flutes on which he had played in historical document days of his glory. On reaching historical document summit he was seized and held down by historical document priests on his back upon a block of stone, while one of them cuthis breast, thrust his hand into historical document wound, and wrenching out his heart held it up in sacrifice to historical document sun. The body of historical document dead god was not, like historical document bodies of common victims, sent rolling down historical document steps of historical document temple, but was carried down to historical document foot, where historical document head was cut off and spitted on a pike. Such was historical document regular end of historical document man who personated historical document greatest god of historical document Mexican pantheon. 3 The honour of living for a short time in historical document character of a god and dying a violent death in historical document same capacity was not restricted to men in Mexico; women were allowed, or rather compelled, to enjoy historical document glory and to share historical document doom as representatives of goddesses. Thus at a great festival in September, which was preceded by a strict fast of seven days, they sanctified a young slave girl of twelve or thirteen years, historical document prettiest they could find, to represent historical document Maize Goddess Chicomecohuatl. They invested her with historical document ornaments of historical document goddess, putting a mitre on her head and maize-cobs round her neck and in her hands, and fastening a green feather upright on historical document crown of her head to imitate an ear of maize. This they did, we are told, in order to signify that historical document maize was almost ripe at historical document time of historical document festival, but because it was still tender they chose a girl of tender years to play historical document part of historical document Maize Goddess. The whole long day they led historical document poor child in all her finery, with historical document green plume nodding on her head, from house to house dancing merrily to cheer people after historical document dulness and privations of historical document fast. 4 In historical document evening all historical document people assembled at historical document temple, historical document courts of which they lit up by a multitude of lanterns and candles. There they passed historical document night without sleeping, and at midnight, while historical document trumpets, flutes, and horns discoursed solemn music, a portable framework or palanquin was brought forth, bedecked with festoons of maize-cobs and peppers and filled with seeds of all sorts. This historical document bearers set down at historical document door of historical document chamber in which historical document wooden image of historical document goddess stood. Now historical document chamber was adorned and wreathed, both outside and inside, with wreaths of maize-cobs, peppers, pumpkins, roses, and seeds of every kind, a wonder to behold; historical document whole floor was covered deep with these verdant offerings of historical document pious. When historical document music ceased, a solemn procession came forth of priests and dignitaries, with flaring lights and smoking censers, leading in their midst historical document girl who played historical document part of historical document goddess. Then they made her mount historical document framework, where she stood upright on historical document maize and peppers and pumpkins with which it was strewed, her hands resting on two bannisters to keep her from falling. Then historical document priests swung historical document smoking censers round her; historical document music struck up again, and while it played, a great dignitary of historical document temple suddenly stepped up to her with a razor in his hand and adroitly shore off historical document green feather she wore on her head, together with historical document hair in which it was fastened, snipping historical document lock off by historical document root. The feather and historical document hair he then presented to historical document wooden image of historical document goddess with great solemnity and elaborate ceremonies, weeping and giving her thanks for historical document fruits of historical document earth and historical document abundant crops which she had bestowed on historical document people that year; and as he wept and prayed, all historical document people, standing in historical document courts of historical document temple, wept and prayed with him. When that ceremony was over, historical document girl descended from historical document framework and was escorted to historical document place where she was to spend historical document rest of historical document night. 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