Angela
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Discovery of ritual practice in Mexico involving the flaying of sacrifices, after which the priests donned the skin. Yuck, yuck, and yuck! The innocent Amerindians weren't so innocent.
See:the Temple of the Flayed Lord
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/02/6817...scover-pre-hispanic-temple-of-the-flayed-lord
"Mexican archaeologists have discovered what they say is the first temple of a pre-Hispanic fertility god known as the Flayed Lord who is depicted as a skinned human corpse.The discovery is being hailed as significant by authorities at Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History because it is a whole temple, not merely depictions of the deity, which have been found in other cultures.
Experts found two skull-like stone carvings and a stone trunk depicting the god Xipe Totec.
"It had an extra hand dangling off one arm, suggesting the god was wearing the skin of a sacrificial victim," "
""Priests worshipped Xipe Totec by skinning human victims and then donning their skins. The ritual was seen as a way to ensure fertility and regeneration," according to the AP."
See:the Temple of the Flayed Lord
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/02/6817...scover-pre-hispanic-temple-of-the-flayed-lord
"Mexican archaeologists have discovered what they say is the first temple of a pre-Hispanic fertility god known as the Flayed Lord who is depicted as a skinned human corpse.The discovery is being hailed as significant by authorities at Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History because it is a whole temple, not merely depictions of the deity, which have been found in other cultures.
Experts found two skull-like stone carvings and a stone trunk depicting the god Xipe Totec.
"It had an extra hand dangling off one arm, suggesting the god was wearing the skin of a sacrificial victim," "
""Priests worshipped Xipe Totec by skinning human victims and then donning their skins. The ritual was seen as a way to ensure fertility and regeneration," according to the AP."