Note 19 — Chapter VI · THE GODS OF RAIN AND MOISTURE
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“Death was also inflicted on a great number of captives and slaves dressed in the trappings of the god Tlaloc, in whose temples they were slain in their honour; the hearts of those unfortunates were then thrown into the gaping hole in the middle of the lake, which was at that time quite visible.19 Many other rites were performed as well.”20