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Ancient Aztec religion was focused on how the gods, humans and nature were interconnected.  There was a strong emphasis on the worship of Huitzilopochtli.  The military conquest and ritual sacrifices were all related, and in a great part focused on helping Huitzilopochtli keep the sun strong so that disaster could be averted every 52 years.

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The great temple at Tenochtitlán today,
where temples to the gods Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc stood

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The afterlife of a person was based mostly on how they died.  Some, such as those sacrificed to Huitzilopochtli, would join the battle against the darkness.  In ancient Aztec religion, some would eventually be reincarnated as birds or butterflies, or eventually humans.  Some would be, for a time, disembodied spirits roaming the earth.  Most at some point would have to make the long journey through the 9 levels of the underworld.  People would be buried in a squatting position, with items that would help them in their journey.  In the end they would live in darkness.

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Hummingbird of the south (God of the sun

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It seems that most of the preoccupation in the religion had to do with fear of the nature, and a fear of the end of the world.

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Merchants were in a class all their own, and had a certain amount of independence that most people didn't enjoy.  They often were allowed to wear more elaborate clothing.

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Aztec clothing was generally loose fitting and did not completely cover the body.  When the Spanish arrived in Mexico, the people were surprised to see them in their full armour, with only their faces exposed.

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According to ancient Aztec religion, it took the gods 5 tries to create the world. These attempts were foiled because of infighting among the gods themselves.  After he was knocked from his exalted position by rivals, the first creator, Tezcatlipoca, turned into a jaguar and destroyed the world.  Under similar circumstances, the world was created and then destroyed with wind, and then two floods.

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he actions of the ruling classes and common people can be best understood if we look way back to the Mexica understanding of the creation, or rather creations, of the world. Because the religion was a mixture from various peoples, there are variations.