The Nine Levels of the Aztec Underworld (Animated)

[@grandsome1]

It's nice that they had a special hell for people who mistreat dogs.

[@benj2239]

I agree

[@matthewsamboy2792]

Is there a more disturbing form of heartlessness?

[@imeverywhere4292]

Frl

[@ahmicqui9396]

It's more of a "don't mistreat the weak, don't mistreat the sick, don't mistreat the servant". Dogs were often sacrificed and used as food anyway (not saying it's mistreatement, but it probably would be to most people today)

[@miamidawggg4239]

bro they made a breed of dogs just for food

[@Glace_cakes]

Big fan that one of the tenets of Aztec culture was “be good to dogs”

[@Ominouspopsicle]

SETSUNA PFPPPPP

[@Mk-gk3wv]

I really love the idea that children and babies are given eternal rest and happiness, and that babies can come back as the next humans in a world began anew. It's sweet. But also? The idea of warriors and women who essentially, ARE warriors who gave their lives for the Aztec world to continue get a paradise. It's sweet, in a way.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Only 10c can help now 😭 hey! 🤘

[@jerushamaxwell281]

The nine underworld levels are complicated and well-ordered. I really like the respect given to women dying in childbirth as being equal to brave male warriors, and the favor shown to persons who had treated dogs well during their earthly lifetimes.

[@CarlPetersson-w4f]

They are unfortunately wrongly ordered - just like the bible through latin use was spoken & presented in the wrong way to give priests the power... sadly, some NEVER learn.

[@jerushamaxwell281]

@@CarlPetersson-w4f Thanks! I haven't made further study into the nine levels, but given that humans in power have ever acted for their own security, your remark is appreciated!

[@fatefulbrawl5838]

0:00 - 1:28 *Short history and intro* 1:29 *Houses of the dead* 1:38 *Place of the nurse trees* 2:09 *The place of the temple of the Venerated corn* 2:22 *The place where the sun moves* 3:07 *The place of Earth's nectar* 3:41 *Mictlan: Where the nine layers begin* 4:01 _The place where the dogs live_ 4:40 _The place where mountains clash_ 5:00 _The obsidian mountain_ 5:15_The place where there is a lot of snow_ 5:44 _The place where people are waved like flags_ 6:12 _The place where you are shoot with arrows_ 6:26 _The place where your heart is eaten_ 6:58 _The place where one must cross water_ 7:42 _The place of nine waters_ 8:50 *Success, welcome home speech!*

[@Carneades2012]

In 18th-century France, the revolutionary leader Joseph Fouche (and some others) went to a great deal of effort to post the inscription “La mort est un repos eternel” (Death is an eternal sleep) over every cemetery entrance. Sounds like they wanted to skip the Aztec journey, which ended (after a terrifying, painful, and exhausting journey) with exactly the same results.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Sorry I have million shit coins waiting to be deployed 😭😂

[@andresgarzacastillon578]

I love when people do this kind of videos to show the ancient mesoamerican cosmovision. I would like to add that in "Ilhuicatl-Tonatiuh" besides warriors who died in the battlefield and women during the birth-battlefield, people who where sacrificed would arrive there too, whether they where nobles, slaves or captured warriors and this was the most desired place to go in the afterlife.

[@thegamingcyberman149]

I'm writing lore for a Minecraft SMP a friend of mine did where the world of Minecraft is the sixth world and this is very helpful in something I wanted to write for the lore as it's entirely based on Aztec mythology. Thank You for this helpful video.

[@ebean1477]

Bro i would like to see how it's going to be when it have Minecraft SMP about the Aztecs mythology! That's would be amazing!! This would be my final mission that i like to watch it before i die

[@Tlahuiltezcatl]

Yoo!! I'd love to see!!

[@alexmendez3681]

I love this video. I love your voice and how you read. And the microphone you used is perfect. Can you make more videos with other Aztec stories? Or Mexica Stories? Please keep these coming por favor. Thanks for listening.

[@sheldonwheaton881]

I like that they weeded out those who are mean to dogs right away!

[@BSIII]

This is amazing. Excellent animations and love your narration.

[@TheSgedioxide]

The third mansion sounds similar to how Spartans venerated women who died in childbirth.

[@ralfxephon1]

I just suscribed, greetings from México

[@henriettaabeyta1457]

The 13 Heavens and the 9 layers of Mictlan thanks for sharing your videos share enough to see they're not exactly as they're treated in modern writing. It's with the nice videos like yours I figure out the balance and justice.

[@richardrivera5387]

I have watched all of your videos. They are absolutely amazing! And greatly in part to your narration. Please post more videos!?!? -Dying Jaguar

[@abubaseet]

Very fascinating, thanks for making this!

[@MrFossil367ab45gfyth]

Very interesting. I've heard of the nine layers of the Aztec Underworld.

[@brittanyofhouseblackwood]

When I die, if there is a heaven, there better be dogs...otherwise that is no heaven

[@Ome_the_Healer]

Love this very beautiful

[@Bichonfrise369]

My grandma Mayan use tell me this as a child. I always remember be good to the dogs. Beautiful thanks 🙏

[@tommytucker83]

Really interesting and well told. Thanks for making this video.

[@V3lv3n]

Aztec afterlife is basically a gmod deathrun lobby or roblox obby where the reward is oblivion for completing it

[@alforest3249]

Isn’t it Maya ?

[@cafeAmericano]

This is fabulous. Informative macabre interesting and you have a lovely speaking voice

[@Nyctophora]

I agree, thank you for sharing with us!

[@SephoraBelle]

Thank you for this, brilliant presentation. I loved it.

[@silasleleco9659]

Very beautiful video! Thank you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@richardrivera5387]

I would love to hear your narration of the Popol Vu.

[@inelhuayocan_aci]

It's important to distinguish the metaphorical with the literal when discussing Nahua religion, theology, and philosophy. One caveat I might add at the end is that "oneness with the cosmos" (not sure of the source for that statement) should be taken as a metaphor on account of two facts: (1) The individuated soul is acknowledged distinct from the members of the pantheon, and (2) The distinct individuated soul is told they are to enter their "mortal sleep," which may be a metaphor for entering conscious experience in the celestial realm where Mictlan is located. Experiential reality on earth (tlalticpac) was regarded as a dream experience whereas the ritualistic partaking of psilocybin mushroom wine (teonanacatl) was considered a gateway into the true reality of the celestial realm. This is why the Nahua used poetry (xochicuicatl) as one of their means of doing philosophy, for they were trying to balance the struggle of explaining reality regarded largely as metaphysical to our reality, yet with tools of linguistic construction born out of the dream that is empirical reality.

[@Juliabis]

Muchas gracias! No tenía idea de estos temas. Muy interesante el video. (Thank you very much! I didn't know about these things. Interesting video!) (Dankon! Mi ne sciis pri ĉi tiuj aferoj. La video estas tre interesa.)

[@r.t.gearon1245]

Thank you for this. Please keep going!

[@creativespanishlearning154]

excellent explanation of the aztec underworld mythology!

[@astridparungao4971]

Coming here for FGO's upcoming Nahui Mictlan

[@OrionPaxG4]

YES! Was hoping to see my people here!

[@vystaken]

Making a game about this with a backstory and everything on roblox this was really informational.

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

It's so nice to hear Nahuatl pronounced naturally, fluently, and (of course) "catsually". Sometimes, the mispronunciations in other videos can be distracting; not necessarily because of their inaccuracy, but because of their inconsistency... In one video the name "Tenochtitlan" will be pronounced as "tey-NOCK-teet-LAN", the next one will be "TAY-noch-TEET-lan" or maybe even "TE-noch-ti-TLAN"; never the same, and always wrong... I don't speak Nahuatl, but I know, somehow, that "Teotihuacan" (the other famous city-name) is not pronounced as "TAY-yo-TEE-hoo-WAH-kahn" or "they-YO-chi wa-KAN" or any of the other imaginative versions... It seems that people expect the language of "The Aztecs" to be as harsh as the stories we've been told about them, when in reality the language is very soft and musical and inoffensive to the ears, like a beautiful flower is to the eyes and nose, etc It's so nice to hear the language pronounced naturally and fluently, and catsually.

[@Luciopiacenza333]

The Mexicas did not speak Nahuatl, their language was lost, the Current Nahuatl varies a lot, from one town to another town, only with some coincidences in the words. Triste, pero cierto .🇲🇽🤘

[@dylanb8914]

Not to disrespect the creator of the video, but the pronunciations of Nahuatl were not that amazing especially the pronunciation of the tl sound. You must not know anyone who speaks Nahuatl as a first language.

[@dialog_box]

actually, the "hu" cluster in Nahuatl orthography represents the /w/ sound. so "TAY-yo-TEE-hoo-WAH-kahn" isn't quite right. it's just "TAY-yo-TEE-wah-KAHN" (better represented as [teotiwa'kan]). likewise, the name of the language is just "NAH-wat" (aka [ˈnaːwat͡ɬ]) not something like "NAH-hoo-wat" tho i might just be interpreting your transliter-anglo -(a word i just invented)- incorrectly

[@NobodY-13]

The last hous seems very exhausting. I rather just settle for the Aztec version oh Valhalla to be honest. Also my uncle (may be rest in peace) is according by this on the Moon filled with beautiful pools and gardens.

[@nikolapavlovicsova5010]

Amazing! 😍

[@episdosas9949]

tlazo for the excellent story telling.

[@ghstletter5978]

Gah, Makes me tear up knowing my passed dogs would help me

[@justalittlechikon4511]

Beautiful!

[@NobodY-13]

This is the first time I hear about Aztec having 9 relms. Kinda like in Norse mythology has 9 worlds/relms very interesting.

[@wes2262]

Aztec Afterlife = Legends of the Hidden Temple

[@m.g.6394]

@Kleine Vuurvlinder nobody is reading all your bullshit

[@wetguavass]

@Kleine Vuurvlinder humans landed of the coast of the Yucatan, 65 million years ago.

[@based344]

New sub

[@jacobpruzon6260]

Thank you

[@AT-fn8co]

Do all Mexica people speak Nahuatl today? Or are there other languages that are still alive and spoken there

[@familiapeluche968]

Many other languages are still spoken besides Nahuatl.

[@kocholawis1851]

There are 68 indigenous languages in Mexico. with different language families, many of them are nothing alike.

[@carbajal8283]

Nahuatl is still spoken, but there’s different dialects. I think Huasteca Nahuatl is the most widely spoken dialect.

[@afrikasmith1049]

Sounds like a lot of Peta members would suffer in the river for all eternity. Awesome.

[@DaRealPlayz]

0:17 NINE CIRCLESSSSSS!!?!?!?!?! FROm GeoMEtry DASHHHHH!!?!??!?!

[@diegoherrera1422]

Jesus Christ I'm gonna have to learn how to swim?

[@wetguavass]

i get leg cramps

[@mccringleberrytha3rd]

Right I don’t know how to swim might as well just chill with the dogs in the first layer

[@missc2742]

Cover art looks pre-classic Mayan, not Aztec. I could be wrong, though. Definitely recognize it from some building. Love the imagery, though. It feels like the underworlds are liminal spaces.

[@m.g.6394]

@Kleine Vuurvlinder nobody is reading all of that

[@whathell6t]

@Kleine Vuurvlinder There no mention of the Rapture in the Bible, especially in the King James version. It’s just Protestant invention. The other versions: the Septuagint, Vulgate, Coptic, and Ethiopian-Askumite, don’t have Rapture in their Bible.

[@whathell6t]

@Kleine Vuurvlinder It’s not Biblical since majority of the versions of the Bible doesn’t mention the Rapture. Just the showdown. Do you actually have theological citations to back your claim?

[@whathell6t]

@Kleine Vuurvlinder Dude! I said theological citations, not a brochure.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

We found the Aztec pyramid on skeleton which the 🤘 became the devil ears toilet paper which they deployed on Japan earthquake situation

[@DulceAdiccionOriginal]

No tienes canal en español?

[@reganv.8309]

Please don't use the word "hell" it's no the same concept.

[@nightbling8905]

Gonna cry?

[@reganv.8309]

@@nightbling8905 nop, and you?

[@jomi9858]

@@nightbling8905 no! Wey... Is just that in the ancient culture of México hell never existed, neither did the devil, satan or Lucifer. Those tricks were brought by the invaders. In the Anahuácan civilization, the connection with God was the connection with the universe. The philosophy of thought in Mesoamérica was on a par with the philosophers of ancient Greece. In Mexican culture, skulls symbolize the rebirth to life from the physical plane to the spiritual plane, death does not exist, a body represents only a vessel where the spiritual being, the essential being, manifests itself on a physical plane. on the day of the dead you are not going to live with the skeletons of your loved ones, you go to the cemetery to live with your loved ones who return to live with those who are still on this physical plane, but assist spiritually. that day you eat and drink including what the deceased liked. memories are remembered, people sing, they laugh, they remember funny anecdotes that were lived with that person.

[@illuminati7767]

Shes right its not. Hell is a punishment. Mictlan is a journey.

[@hysterical5408]

Yeah, an they also said that the two were different anyway, so no real point in the comment.

[@gigisgucci]

Funny how they had a place in hell for ppl who harmed dogs but scarified humans.

[@wetguavass]

they didn't sacrifice humans

[@stairwayunicorn4861]

but if I have a dog, why would I need to go any further?

[@LucianCorrvinus]

9 is a natural diminuation of the lunar cycle of 28....

[@mereiam]

what about those sacrificed

[@Dilbravishlah]

BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT THESE CONCEPTS AROSE SEPARATELY AND ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M GOING TO FUCKING LOSE MY MIND

[@jomi9858]

It's a concept, all levels work together in a upgrading in an opposite going. In Anahuácan culture, wich include other 67 native people plus a later incorporated(officially) Afro Mexican people, used to use the colored skulls to represent the rebirth of individual in the spiritual, which was achieved through the sorrow. in a journey full of hardships that should last four years. That is why all those who arrived at Mictlán would have the honor of living with Mictlántecutli eternal life if they had lived a positive life and adhered to the rules of society. both the Mictlan and the Xhibalba, two different names for a similar place in two Mesoamerican towns. For the Mexicas, reaching Mictlan was to be reborn to life in a deeper meaning, just as it was for the mayan people to reach Xhibalba. México has a great ancestral culture, its true essence lies in the ancient part of its origin, its great ancestral culture was in tune with the universe. of the philosophy of the Toltecáyotl, the guide to good living; the set of rules under which the human being should be governed to live in balance. It is said that history is written by the victors, and yes! it's just that not all winners are usually honest. Thanks for your work. Great video

[@The-gv5jt]

(C) Carl Jung

[@Dilbravishlah]

@@The-gv5jt The expression of the archetypal base olemecian (ectect) spirit ahhhhhhhhh everything distills down the a toroid ahhhhhhhh

[@user-rj5ld9gk6u]

❤

[@thememe986]

It sounds a little unlikely that a child or an Infant could make it past the trials so it soundsike the first 2 houses would be virtually empty i feel like

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

The trials were only for people who died by age or sickness. Unborn babies or dead children straight reached to the two houses without trials.

[@thememe986]

@@xiuhcoatl4830 oh OK that makes sense.

[@Thatitgurl]

Actually they don’t have to go through the layers like the warriors they go automatically to their level

[@MictlanReborn]

hell didnt know about the storm that was approching......

[@user-rj5ld9gk6u]

I was watching Tree63 (9) a million lights.

[@mariGarcia-ps7xd]

Gotta learn how to swim now cause you never know

[@fluffyg3137]

These layers are crazy. Lol

[@notivaga4402]

4:49 videogame vibes

[@escatofago]

I don't understand why they want to make crazy trails for 4 years just to die

[@bearliongaming2464]

[@Raptorschapter]

Grim fandango someone?

[@homeboysudaka5629]

The Aztecs believe in re encarnatiom , hell it wasn’t for ever on meson America beliefs

[@vxicoatl1141]

No hell no diablos

[@soccerandtrack10]

Tryarch definitly used the religion for nazi zombies=origins/black ops 3 zombies.

[@nibiruresearch]

The history of the indigenous peoples in the Americas is much, much older than a few thousand years. We judge the Maya, Aztecs, Inca’s and others on the traces that we find. But when we dig our way from the present to the past, we must know that the Earth is suffering from a cycle of recurring natural disasters. That is told in the Popol Vuh. These disasters create a cycle of civilizations. There are four primitive civilizations. Sometimes mentioned a sun or world era. The next civilization lives in the fifth sun. This becomes eventually a high developed civilization that disappeared 20,000 years ago. Then the cycle starts again. During the first 4 suns the people were guided by alien deities. Also at the start of the fifth sun. At a certain moment in time, those deities leave the people alone. Led by fanatic priests, the people start offering more and more often and from fruits and animals, they started offering children and humans. They knew that after death, new life would occur and they wanted the deities to return. That is how the Aztec are remembered, but once they were high educated. They left us the sun stone, which is a 20,000 years old warning for this recurring disasters. To learn much more about the cycle of disasters and civilizations, recurring floods, ancient high tech and alien deities, read the e-book: "what I know about Nibiru". You can read it nicely on every computer, tablet or smartphone. Just search for: know Nibiru

[@hmp5952]

Wonderful presentation! I just wanted to say that it's actually Hel or Hela, not hell. America added an extra L to avoid the truth of it to be known. She's on Earth right now and the churches made her sound horrific. She is not. Love and Light be with you All 💙☀️🙏

[@googlekrishna7025]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😈😈😈🐉🐲🐉☄️☄️☄️🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🌊🌊🌊🪐🪐🪐👽🛸👽🌕🌗🌑🌓🌕🕕⏱️🕧👾🤖👾🕳️🫥🕳️🥰🥰🥰

[@jaqenhgar2264]

Aztec's life was hell on earth and then they had circles of hell. It is like you can't get any lower and then there is a knock from under below.

[@wetguavass]

no, according to the INAH, they spent most of their time created art and decorating their homes.

[@letranquocthangful]

what about the vietnamese who ate dog meat?

[@MotiMota15]

God I hate the Aztecs so much

[@catsualstoryteller]

Why is that?

[@northernkingdomprincess7384]

Mexican Native Indians-Aztec- Hebrew Isrealites

[@davidalvarez7685]

Hebrew Israelites is a cult and bullshit 😂 Don't compare your Afro-centric lies with the Aztecs 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@migyl]

Are you implying they one and the same ?

[@northernkingdomprincess7384]

@@migyl yes

[@migyl]

@@northernkingdomprincess7384 do you have any evidence or articles to refer to?

[@northernkingdomprincess7384]

@@migyl i put scripture but they removed it. They dont want us to know who we biblically are

[@tysolbohan6446]

That's it that's all they get for all that effort ? an quick merciful death ? like why even bother and half the time I'm always curious how they came up with these stories cause they sound so ridiculous and stupid that they are so far from what is intuitive that they must have been on shrooms when they wrote the myths in fact I have no doubt a bunch of people took a few drugs they interpreted that as god and then they wrote the myths

[@Dilbravishlah]

lol (derogatory)

[@reganv.8309]

I bet your culture has more interesting stories and folklore, where are you from?

[@wapson2176]

You get eternal peace… sorry your culture is boring

[@tonamitochi]

@@reganv.8309 owned his ASS.

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

Because the myths aren't to be taken literal. The journey of Mictlan represents the depuration of the being, like an expiation journey to finally be one with the Teotl. THAT is what it represents. Modern hyperpositivist materialistic abrahamic inddoctrinated people just can't get symbolic languge.