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		engineer_22 on Nov 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Day of the Dead tells us about the Aztec phil... > which suggests that capturing prisoners for sacrifice was challenging Who knew... mortal combat was challenging?

throwawayay02 on Nov 6, 2020 [–]

The prisoner did not have to be a warrior or adult.

hutzlibu on Nov 6, 2020 | [–]

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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