Aztec priesthood

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component of Aztec religion priesthood religious institution

The Aztec priesthood was a powerful religious elite responsible for conducting rituals, maintaining temples, interpreting omens, and overseeing the extensive ceremonial life of Aztec society.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Aztec priests 4
cult of Huitzilopochtli 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of Aztec religion ⓘ
priesthood ⓘ
religious institution ⓘ
associatedWithBuilding Templo Mayor NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Huitzilopochtli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quetzalcoatl NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tezcatlipoca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tlaloc NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tonantzin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xipe Totec NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xochipilli NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalCenter Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Aztec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn Codex Borbonicus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Codex Mendoza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ
dressCode black cotton robes ⓘ
incense pouches and ritual regalia ⓘ
unwashed hair matted with blood ⓘ
endedAfter Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedDuring 15th century ⓘ
early 16th century ⓘ
hasRank cihuatlamacazqui ⓘ
quacuilli NERFINISHED ⓘ
tlamacazqui NERFINISHED ⓘ
tlenamacac NERFINISHED ⓘ
headedBy high priest of Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
high priest of Tlaloc ⓘ
includesOffice diviner-priest ⓘ
fire priest ⓘ
quetzalcoatl priest ⓘ
scribe-priest ⓘ
temple guardian ⓘ
influencedBy earlier Mesoamerican priesthoods ⓘ
languageUsed Classical Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Aztec Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aztec society NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitedFrom commoners ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
religion Aztec religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesoamerican religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiredPractice celibacy for many ranks ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
night vigils ⓘ
self-bloodletting ⓘ
responsibleFor agricultural fertility rites ⓘ
astronomical observations ⓘ
calendar calculations ⓘ
conducting religious rituals ⓘ
coronation rituals ⓘ
custody of sacred texts ⓘ
divination ⓘ
education of novice priests ⓘ
interpreting omens ⓘ
maintaining temples ⓘ
overseeing ceremonial calendar ⓘ
performing bloodletting rituals ⓘ
performing human sacrifice ⓘ
performing sacrifices ⓘ
rain and maize ceremonies ⓘ
state ceremonies ⓘ
war-related rituals ⓘ
socialRole advisers to the tlatoani ⓘ
guardians of tradition ⓘ
ideological support for imperial power ⓘ
religious elite ⓘ
timePeriod Postclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ
trainingInstitution calmecac NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coatepec → isConnectedTo → Aztec priesthood ⓘ
this entity surface form: cult of Huitzilopochtli
calmecac → operatedBy → Aztec priesthood ⓘ
subject surface form: Calmecac
Atlcahualo → performedBy → Aztec priesthood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec priests
Etzalcualiztli → performedBy → Aztec priesthood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec priests
Panquetzaliztli → performedBy → Aztec priesthood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec priests
massacre at Tóxcatl in Tenochtitlan → victim → Aztec priesthood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec priests