Once the fall of the Toltec civilization (a civilization north of what is now Mexico) transpired, an influx of immigrants fled into Mexico's central plateau area around Lake Texcoco. As the Aztec’s were late to arrive in Mexico, they were soon forced to inhabit the swampy area on the western side of the lake. Forceful neighbors surrounded the Aztec and demanded tributes of gold and their only piece of dry land.They soon converted …showed first 75 words of 1392 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1392 total…earth and their ghostly apparitions scared women and small children. In the highest heavens, lived the two creators, Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl. Deceased infants and the unborn souls of the next human age were in existence there. They were nourished by a large heavenly tree. So through observation we can see that different levels of afterlife were ascertained in the Aztec religion. We believe that part of this is derived from the many gods there are.