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 all flames and watched a nighttime (15[1])ritual (15[1])on a nearby volcanic (15[1])mountain in their New Fire ceremony. (15[1])In this (15[1])civilization’s mythology, the god of darkness’ foot was (*) bitten off by a primordial world-crocodile and replaced with an obsidian mirror. Rain was overseen by this civilization’s god Tlaloc. This civilization believed that human sacrifices to Huitzilopochtli kept the sun alive. For 10 points, name this Mesoamerican civilization that worshiped gods like Quetzalcoatl. ■END■

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