Aztec Mythology

Aztec Mythology (アステカ神話) is the mythology of the Aztec civilization, which dominated Central Mexico before the Spanish colonization in the early 16th century.

In Toaru Majutsu no Index, Aztec mythology is used as a base for Magic, mostly by Magicians originating from Central America.

Principles
Aztec mythology is a polytheistic system, with a pantheon of various deities. It also describes the earlier as the origin of their culture and their intellectual predecessors.

Among a number of creation myths is that of the, which concerns a cycle of creation and destruction with four worlds having preceded the current world, each having ended due to a catastrophe and being named after an element of their end. At the start of the current, fifth age, the gods gathered to choose who would sacrifice themselves to become the new sun. Proud was meant to sacrifice himself, though when the time came he couldn't walk into the fire. , the smallest and humblest of the gods, jumped into the flames instead, sacrificing himself to set the sun in motion. Shamed, Tecuciztecatl followed him into the fire and became the moon.

Human sacrifices play a key role in Aztec culture, as offerings to the gods, who sacrificed themselves to give the world life, and to ensure the survival of the sun and the world.

Aztec-based Organizations

 * Return of the Winged One (magic cabal)