Modern ultrastructural, biochemical, and genetic evidence has rendered the term protozoan highly problematic. For example, protozoan historically referred to a protist that has animal-like traits, such as the ability to move through water as though âswimmingâ like an animal.
Sacrifice. An image of an Aztec obsidian sacrificial knife. While these web pages have concentrated on the religion and world view of the Aztecs, one aspect of their culture and a vital element of important rituals cannot be ignored: death sacrifice.n image of an Aztec obsidian sacrificial knife. While these web pages have concentrated on the religion and world view of the Aztecs, one aspect of their culture and a vital element of important rituals cannot be ignored: death sacrifice.
The origins of the Day of the Dead rest in the 16th-century fusion of the Aztecs' belief in death as merely one part in the wider cycle of existence, their ritual venerations and offerings to the goddess Mictecacihuatl (Lady of the Dead) for deceased children and adults, and the conquering Spaniards' desire to accommodate these festivities within ...