Aztec

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Aztec has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Stuff You Should Know (Feb 2026). Provides the cultural and religious framework for the death whistles, including temples, gods, sacrifice, and underworld beliefs.

The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language. Aztec culture was organized into city-states (altepetl), some of which joined to form alliances, political confederations, or empires. The Aztec Empire was a confederation of three city-states established in 1427: Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan, previously part of the T