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    Mankind’s Search for God
    • 32. Describe one of the festivals to the fire-god Xiuhtecutli (Huehueteotl).

      32 Human sacrifices were a common feature in the sun worship of the Aztec, Inca, and Maya religions.

  • Common Threads in Mythology
    Mankind’s Search for God
    • In ancient Inca worship, children and animals were offered to the sun-god Inti

  • Common Threads in Mythology
    Mankind’s Search for God
    • [Pictures on page 58]

      Inca sun worship was practiced at Machu Picchu, Peru

      The Intihuatana, inset, the sun’s “hitching post,” perhaps used in connection with sun worship at Machu Picchu

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