As its name suggests, an Aztec death whistle can make a most dreadful sound. But the effect depends on how it's played, explains musicologist and archaeologist Arnd Adje Both of the Free University of ...

Discover the myth of how the weak and pimply Aztec god Nanahuatl sacrificed himself to become Lord Sun and created a new world.

For sheer barbaric brutality, it was hard to beat the Aztecs. They believed their gods required human blood and hearts as sustenance, and they faithfully delivered. Sacrificial victims–often captured ...

A collection of narratives from Aztec Indian lore. siris_sil_496363 ...

Preface to the revised edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : mosaics and centers -- Sources : from storybook to encyclopedia -- Quetzalcoatl and the foundation ...