Templo Mayor, Human Sacrifice, and Cihuateteo of Mexico City

When we think of vampires today, the most common image would likely be pale skin, long fangs, maybe a cape, and Victorian garb. That’s popular media talking, though, that can be traced back to places like the penny dreadful <a href="https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/varney-the-vampire-or-the-feast-of-blood" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood</a>. But the concept of vampires goes much farther back than the 1800s and is present in nearly every part of the world. In Mexico, during the reign of the Aztecs from the 13th to the 16th century, they had legends of things that could easily fit in with vampiric folklore. Only…not the romanticized literary or film version we have today. Vampires from folklore worldwide, including Aztec lore, tend to be horrific in the “oh, hell no!” kind of way. <a href="https://medium.com/@jahernandez_writes/templo-mayor-human-sacrifice-and-cihuateteo-of-mexico-city-48af5614a9dd">Click Here</a>