Religion

10 09, 2017

Central and South American religion

By |2019-03-08T21:30:13-08:00September 10th, 2017|Central America, Religion, South America|Comments Off on Central and South American religion

Maya Corn King on a plate Polytheism in the Americas The people who lived in South and Central America before 1500 were polytheistic - they believed in many different gods. Because they [...]

10 09, 2017

Mayan Corn God – Central American religion

By |2018-04-11T09:22:20-07:00September 10th, 2017|Central America, Religion|Comments Off on Mayan Corn God – Central American religion

Maya pyramid to the Corn God at Tonina (ca. 700 AD) Because corn (maize) was Mayan people's main food, their most important god was the Corn God. A popular Mayan story was [...]

9 09, 2017

Aztec gods and rituals – Central American religion

By |2019-02-07T06:27:10-08:00September 9th, 2017|Central America, Religion|Comments Off on Aztec gods and rituals – Central American religion

The Aztec god of seeds, Xipe Totec (ca 1500 AD) Who were the Aztec gods? Aztec people were polytheistic - they had many gods. That's the same as like the people of China, India, or Africa at [...]

5 09, 2017

Heloise and Abelard – Middle Ages in Europe

By |2019-08-09T12:02:30-07:00September 5th, 2017|Medieval, Religion|Comments Off on Heloise and Abelard – Middle Ages in Europe

Heloise and Abelard Who was Heloise? The story of Heloise (HELL-oh-ees) and her husband Peter Abelard is one of the saddest stories of Western history. Heloise was born about 1100 [...]

4 09, 2017

Who was the Roman goddess Venus? Roman religion

By |2017-09-04T16:45:03-07:00September 4th, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Who was the Roman goddess Venus? Roman religion

Venus rising out of the ocean, from Tunisia in North Africa (300s AD) The goddess Venus was the goddess of growing things, gardens, love and fertility for the Romans. People sacrificed to [...]

4 09, 2017

Roman sacrifice – animals and incense – Roman religion

By |2018-04-09T10:31:19-07:00September 4th, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Roman sacrifice – animals and incense – Roman religion

Sacrificing a cow, a sheep, and a pig in the Late Republic Probably around the time people began farming their food and raising tame animals for their meat, which in Italy was [...]

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