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Analysis Of Aztec Sacrifice And The Darker Link

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Aztec Sacrifice and The Darker Link explains what the Aztecs did in human sacrifices, but they talked about different reasons why they did it. My claim is that the Aztecs do Human Sacrifice to appease the gods. In these Articles, Aztec Sacrifice by, Ancient History Encyclopedia, and The Darker Link, by Washington Post, Human Sacrifice is to appease the gods while others say that it's to keep people in order. The first reason why they did human sacrifice to please the gods is for the repayment for what they did. In text, it says,“The idea of repayment was especially true regarding the myth of the reptilian monster Cipactli. This quote means that they did human sacrifice because of the monster Cipactli that was an evil that had been destroyed

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