Mount Tlaloc
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Mount Tlaloc is a mountain in central Mexico, located east of Mexico City
. Its height is 13,615 ft. (4,151 metres). It was a sacred mountain of the Aztec
s who worshipped the raingod Tlaloc
here. On the summit there are remains of an Aztec shrine where ceremonies, among them human sacrifices
, were carried out.
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. Its height is 13,615 ft. (4,151 metres). It was a sacred mountain of the Aztec
Aztec
The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the late post-classic period in Mesoamerican chronology.Aztec is the...
s who worshipped the raingod Tlaloc
Tlaloc
Tlaloc was an important deity in Aztec religion, a god of rain, fertility, and water. He was a beneficent god who gave life and sustenance, but he was also feared for his ability to send hail, thunder and lightning, and for being the lord of the powerful element of water. In Aztec iconography he...
here. On the summit there are remains of an Aztec shrine where ceremonies, among them human sacrifices
Human sacrifice in Aztec culture
Human sacrifice was a religious practice characteristic of pre-Columbian Aztec civilization, as well as of other mesoamerican civilizations such as the Maya and the Zapotec. The extent of the practice is debated by modern scholars...
, were carried out.