Cuchulin
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Really? never really endorsed animal sacrifice? even though the predecessor did this annually? they did, it just got less needed or they changed due to famines and stuff, it wasn't something that they just decided because now they had Jesus. Also, I think torture and killing to please god no matter the situation should count as Human Sacrifice (the witch hunts *wink**wink**nudge**nudge*)
I doubt even that even many of the more Semi/Hemi/Demi Jewish sects of early Christianity did much if any animal sacrifice because the Jewish Priest hood or at least the Temple priest hood were pretty dang firm about having people sacrifice at the temple in Jerusalem or it didn't count at all. Also things like Witch Hunts, Were Wolf hunts, The 1st crusade slaughtering every man, woman, child and maybe even dog until the streets of Jerusalem literally ran with blood? That was never central to the Religion, it was rarely fully endorsed by a church, were never really formally planned out before hand and were not a regular part of the faith. Such things were more like aberrations and exceptions that are due to the dark side of human nature.
In Aztec and most other Central America Religion on the other hand blood, real human blood not wine that has been turned into blood, was a central focus of the faith with rituals being performed regularly that involved either a ruler shedding his own blood (Mayan Kings impaling their tongues and dicks with a string ray spine to bleed onto a paper that was then burned) or killing another human being, throwing women into a Cenote to please the rain god was popular and of course the Aztecs were famous for cutting out the heart of a living person.
again, this is DC's interpretation, maybe this is official for this story but in reality there was no "god of human sacrifice" Huitzilopochtli is god of passion, will, SACRIFICE, sport, feats of endurance, and most importantly the SUN. so Sacrifice, not "Human Sacrifice" like "Jesus died for us" sacrifice AND sacrifice to the gods but not just Human Sacrifice
True, a god specifically of "Human Sacrifice" is a little silly. But my point was that in DC comics Human Sacrifice is still an important part of Aztec Religion as shown by Huitzilopochtli being listed as the god of such.
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