Feeding the Sun God
Feeding the Nation-State
| Warfare as Submission to a Sacred Object | |
| Aztec Ritual Sacrifice Feeding the Sun God |
Western Ritual Sacrifice, First World War Feeding the Nation-State |
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| Aztec Sacrifice. Post-Conquest Nahua Painting, c. 1560. (Priests hold excavated heart to sun atop teocalli) c. 1650 ref 1500 Aztecs Spanish Conquest. | French soldiers charging, in the open, toward a German position during the early weeks of WWI. Most would be slaughtered by German machine guns and artillery. |