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.
Meaning of Aztec Sacrifices. For the Aztecs, human sacrifice fulfilled multiple purposes, both at the religious and socio-political level. They considered themselves the âelectedâ people, the people of the Sun who had been chosen by the gods to feed them and by doing so were responsible for the continuity of the world.