Round 2: Tossup 6

This civilization believed in thirteen heavens that were created from the head of a primordial monster. This civilization’s people extinguished (-5[1])all flames and watched a nighttime ritual on a nearby volcanic mountain in their New Fire ceremony. In this civilization’s mythology, the god of darkness’ foot was (*) bitten off by a primordial world-crocodile and replaced (-5[1])with an obsidian mirror. Rain was overseen by this civilization’s god Tlaloc. (10[1])This civilization (10[1])believed (10[2]-5[1])that human sacrifices (10[1])to (10[1])Huitzilopochtli (10[6])kept the sun alive. (10[2])For 10 points, name this Mesoamerican civilization that worshiped gods like Quetzalcoatl. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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