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Re:What Day of the Dead tells us about the Aztec philosophy ... by engineer_22 on Friday November 06, 2020 @07:36AM (#25007170)
> which suggests that capturing prisoners for sacrifice was challenging

Who knew... mortal combat was challenging?

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Re:What Day of the Dead tells us about the Aztec philosophy ... by throwawayay02 on Friday November 06, 2020 @11:23AM (#25008767)
The prisoner did not have to be a warrior or adult.
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Re:What Day of the Dead tells us about the Aztec philosophy ... by hutzlibu on Friday November 06, 2020 @01:31PM (#25009946)
I don't know exactly of the aztecs, but in general the harder to get the sacrifice, the bigger the gods favour. So they probably wanted the biggest warriors, but took children as well, if possible.
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