The enelosed thesis examines the changes Inca and Aztec religion underwent as a result of Spanish colonization. The Incas believed in many gods who controlled various aspects of nature.

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Both appear to be similar but peel back the onion and notable differences reveal themselves.

Aztec and inca religion. INTRODUCTION Religion played a very important role in the Aztec and Inca culture. The Aztec gods didnt necessarily have the same purposes. Religious rituals consisted of human sacrifice and polytheism.

Religion played a very important role in the Aztec and Inca culture. But to the Incas the most important god was Inti the sun god. Each had a special god with a unique ability.

For example the most important Aztec gods. The strongest difference really was the names of the gods and their abilities and objectives. In fact there barley was anything considerably different between those two religions.

Each day priests threw corn on a fire to encourage the sun to appear. Much of the Aztec society centered around their religion and gods. Because both societies maintained an oral history pre colonial records exist only as recorded by non-natives after the arrival of Europeans.

Their deities were inspired by nature and the earths physical makeup. Both appear to be similar but peel back the onion and notable differences reveal themselves. In many rituals the Incas.

The Incan religion was similar to the Aztec religion because they believed in essentially the same gods the names of gods varies from Aztec religion but the incans did not find it necessary to have human sacrifice more than a few times a year. Believed they could read signs and omens sent from the gods and ancestors Descendents of the deceased would regularly visit the tombs of their loved ones in order to bring them food and precious. Hence the information contained in said documents reflects a Western bias and does not.

Their religion you could say was a peaceful religion whereas the Aztec was more violent. Their deities were inspired by nature and the earths physical makeup. They built large pyramids as temples to their gods and went to war.

It ruled much of the region from the 1400s until the Spanish arrived in 1519. It is difficult for modern day society to understand how human sacrifice can exist in such advanced civilizations. Also the inca worshipped their king as a god whereas the Aztec.

Religious rituals consisted of human sacrifice and polytheism. As for the differences between the Inca and Aztec religions there wasnt much. The Inca religion was highly formal and required a large number of priests to conduct rituals and ceremonies.

Religion was an important part of the Inca life. According to Aztec myth at the beginning of this world darkness covered the earth. The Aztec Empire was located in central Mexico.