9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Flowery Death in War, Fear Not My Heart
The name flower war is a curious pairing of words, and the nawata language is particularly fond of these kinds of pears. In aztec poems, warriors are often said to die what they call a flowery death, that is, noble, poetic death. If a warrior died in battle, they were believed to be resurrected among what the aztecs called flower and bird. That is, they may become part of the natural world around them. As this piece of oral poetry suggests, the f is resplendent.
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