While comparing the Aztec and Renaissance worldviews they both have similar yet different opinions. The Aztec culture was very isolated and unaware of other cultures causing them to be placed on the self determination side of the view of human nature continuum. Due to them being so isolated they had to make their own decisions with the help of their Aztec Gods. The culture had many different gods which made them have their own view on life which was different comparing it to other cultures around them.
Firstly, the Aztecs had a complicated and diversified pantheon (Appendix A). The Aztec had a strong belief in their Gods, and according to the scholars, the Aztec religion had over 200 gods and goddesses, often based on those of older Mesoamerican religions. Theoretically, the Aztec deities were divided into three groups ruling different human activities or aspects of nature: the heaven or the sky; the rain, fertility and agriculture; and the war and sacrifice. Especially, with culture based heavily on farming, the Aztec had many agricultural gods. Some Aztec popular gods and goddesses were: Huitzilopochtli (The tribal God of the Mexica of Tenochtitlan and the patron of war and sacrifice), Tlaloc (The god of rain, storm, water and thunder),
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They were excellent farmers and them terraced fields and built chinampas or floating islands too grow their food upon because it was so wet and marshy there. Tenochtitlan is a great outside market that the Aztec constructed and traded at. It served as a daily need system with everything from cotton cloaks and cocoa beans. It worked on a trading system. once Tenochtitlan had been established it began to create a great empire through war.
The Aztecs believed that the universe was comprised of multiple layers. The bottom or lowest layer was known as the underworld, nevertheless, the top two layers had belonged to the Gods of creation. In between was known as Earth, where it was believed that the forces of heaven and the underworld came together at the temple of Tenochtitlan. Consequently, the Aztecs had believed that the underworld was made up of four paradises. The Eastern part was reserved for the souls of warriors which were killed in battle and for the sacrificial victims.
The Aztecs called themselves Mexica, which was the name of priest-chief from ancient, legendary times of Mexi. There is a legendary story which tells that Mexica hailed from Chicomoztoc, the Seven Caves, from the northern lands called Aztlan i.e. the Place of Whiteness. The word Aztec is derived from this same place known as Aztlan. The shifting of Aztecs from the north to central part of Mexico marked the beginning of a tribal story; the tale about the quest and discovery of the omen and the