epresenting the goddess of the new maize, Xilonen . There was another sacrifice 60 days later at the conclusion of the maize harvest. A woman representing the goddess Toci was beheaded and skinned immediately afterwards. A priest arrayed himself in the skin, and a piece taken from the thigh was taken to the temple of Chnteotl, god of the maize, and a person made a mask out of it. He wore it for several weeks, calling himself a woman in childbirth meaning that Toci, once dead, was reborn in her son. Other American tribes sacrificed young girls, cut them up, and buried each piece in a field. This occurs in Afr
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