Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris

Author:Marvin Harris [Harris, Marvin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-307-80123-4
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2011-07-06T04:00:00+00:00

De Sahagún makes the same points repeatedly:

After they had slain them and torn out their hearts, they took them away gently, rolling them down the steps. When they had reached the bottom, they cut off their heads and inserted a rod through them, and they carried the bodies to the houses which they called calpulli, where they divided them up in order to eat them.

… and they took out their hearts and struck off their heads. And later they divided up all the body among themselves and ate it.…

Diego Duran gives us a similar description:

Once the heart had been wrenched out it was offered to the sun and blood sprinkled toward the solar deity. Imitating the descent of the sun in the west the corpse was toppled down the steps of the pyramid. After the sacrifice the warriors celebrated a great feast with much dancing, ceremonial and cannibalism.

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