How They Did It - Growing Up Aztec

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @InvictaHistory
    @InvictaHistory  5 лет назад +4969

    I love this kind of everyday history! What other kinds of people would you like to see in a "Growing Up" series?

    • @thompkins6796
      @thompkins6796 5 лет назад +155

      It's great! Everyday history is where the ancient world comes alive for me because it's about the 99% of a society and not just Great Men and war. Please continue this series! And I would love it if you looked into Australian Aborigines or merchant children.

    • @drawnseeker
      @drawnseeker 5 лет назад +184

      Maybe Growing up in the Empire of Mali or Growing up in Silla Dynasty Korea?

    • @PappiOslo
      @PappiOslo 5 лет назад +78

      Romans!

    • @TheAidiwashere
      @TheAidiwashere 5 лет назад +89

      Vikings

    • @InvictaHistory
      @InvictaHistory  5 лет назад +64

      @@PappiOslo this is a pretty obvious one that I am very excited to do

  • @ThatsWhatSheSaid-420
    @ThatsWhatSheSaid-420 5 лет назад +10729

    "The midwife greeted the infant with a long speech warning of the sorrows and dangers of life."
    metal af

    • @anacy7660
      @anacy7660 4 года назад +211

      That'sWhatSheSaid it’s a whole mood tho

    • @MrKanti-yy5ux
      @MrKanti-yy5ux 4 года назад +349

      Should honestly be a yearly practice on one's birthday. Hey, reminder.

    • @kevinkevin9525
      @kevinkevin9525 4 года назад +113

      Your parents didn't do this to you too?

    • @Arendium
      @Arendium 4 года назад +122

      Honestly mexican are pretty metal

    • @mazapan133
      @mazapan133 4 года назад +46

      @@Arendium yo prefiero la madera

  • @LacedWithOreos
    @LacedWithOreos 5 лет назад +12365

    Imagine just being born and you're a shivering, wailing infant and the lady that helped birth you starts going 'life is misery and suffering, you will struggle and it can be very dark' and you're just laying there in her arms like 'babowuhwuu.'??

    • @aceofspades4930
      @aceofspades4930 5 лет назад +1302

      They did not sugar coat reality even for newborns 😂

    • @r.c.whitaker296
      @r.c.whitaker296 5 лет назад +90

      Hahaha 😁

    • @chynnavindiola58
      @chynnavindiola58 5 лет назад +834

      She holds you, looks deep into your eyes "listen kid... Life is gonna suck. Lol"

    • @boring.3486
      @boring.3486 5 лет назад +237

      I can respect that lol

    • @okestperson6016
      @okestperson6016 5 лет назад +441

      If the child died during the speech was that seen as the baby being like 'nope I don't want to live like this I'm out'

  • @kekzealot3568
    @kekzealot3568 5 лет назад +5175

    There's no better name for a school than a house of tears

    • @michalinaagiewka6873
      @michalinaagiewka6873 5 лет назад +214

      I know right??? I laughed so hard when I heard the comparison to the house of youth and how it was much less strict, sounds about right.

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 5 лет назад +13

      Yeah 😂

    • @amethyst_cat9532
      @amethyst_cat9532 5 лет назад +66

      I mean it’s not inaccurate

    • @t3rror5am
      @t3rror5am 5 лет назад +53

      They loved the truth remember lol and that hold true to this day

    • @Roblox2025
      @Roblox2025 5 лет назад +17

      House of brain drain

  • @anayahjohnson2993
    @anayahjohnson2993 4 года назад +6867

    I wish my mother warned me about the hardships of life, even if I was 30 minutes old

    • @valarie22
      @valarie22 4 года назад +190

      true! i wouldve told her to just drown me

    • @necromaniaa
      @necromaniaa 4 года назад +61

      aisha daisuki LMFOSJFODKF ME TOO

    • @therealmistermemer
      @therealmistermemer 4 года назад +88

      @@valarie22 and thats how the myth of la llorona was created

    • @Barten0071
      @Barten0071 3 года назад +111

      Mom: life is pain
      Kid: then why you made me?

    • @NoodleErik
      @NoodleErik 3 года назад +8

      @@Barten0071 anti natalism...

  • @OutOfNamesToChoose
    @OutOfNamesToChoose 5 лет назад +6381

    Sounds like the Aztecs had a really high pain tolerance by the time that they were adults

    • @NCXitlali
      @NCXitlali 5 лет назад +453

      That's nothing. The priest were masochistic

    • @anarchism
      @anarchism 5 лет назад +636

      @@NCXitlali they were, may be. but to their culture it was morally important to have people who could stand pain for the good of others. dealing with pain was something sacred for all cultures back then. even christians did it at the same time

    • @Dan-yd4dx
      @Dan-yd4dx 5 лет назад +124

      Kids be brats sometimes, no matter where or when

    • @jshadowhunter
      @jshadowhunter 5 лет назад +200

      Imagine the marshmallowy people we have in today's society getting pricked once on the finger.

    • @NCXitlali
      @NCXitlali 5 лет назад +122

      @@anarchism no, I mean, just imagine when they were high off their asses during battle. Some of them were even able to lop horses head's off. Keep in mind the average height of both the Spanish and Aztecs were around 5"4 during those days.

  • @humblesoldier5474
    @humblesoldier5474 5 лет назад +6422

    Pillow Fights: Boys used Soft Grass filled sacks. Girls used Cactus thorns... One of these things is not like the others.

    • @samantha123d
      @samantha123d 5 лет назад +623

      Respect whamens

    • @disruptivetimes8738
      @disruptivetimes8738 5 лет назад +379

      Things never change.

    • @dbprice100
      @dbprice100 5 лет назад +131

      One of these things is not like the others...LOL, good one.

    • @enriquegarcia2790
      @enriquegarcia2790 5 лет назад +168

      Women are softer and need to be protected more,...... some would say, others would call that "sexiest"...... For some reason.

    • @banned7182
      @banned7182 5 лет назад +51

      Because they see it as a bad thing which is untrue even though it's ok because we are not equal completely.(my mistake)

  • @corki9930
    @corki9930 5 лет назад +13907

    Is no one else going to mention the really cute artwork done for the children? Like, big props to the artist who did them!

    • @InvictaHistory
      @InvictaHistory  5 лет назад +1985

      The artist is Beverly Johnson and she does fantastic work

    • @stormelemental13
      @stormelemental13 5 лет назад +263

      @@InvictaHistory Thanks for letting us know!

    • @LensMega
      @LensMega 5 лет назад +43

      same

    • @dancidchen
      @dancidchen 5 лет назад +71

      @@InvictaHistory looks like disney's Big Hero 6

    • @CarlosGraOca
      @CarlosGraOca 5 лет назад +83

      They're sooo adorable!

  • @walmartian
    @walmartian 5 лет назад +7961

    "boys might be named after clothing" i would like you to meet my sons, shoe and pants

    • @dang2320
      @dang2320 5 лет назад +861

      My son's name is Levi 569 relaxed fit.

    • @Tabby1
      @Tabby1 4 года назад +508

      Yes. Wonderful to meet them! Meet my boys Bra, Sock and Jumper.

    • @samaraisnt
      @samaraisnt 4 года назад +135

      VanDyke and Cordouroy. :)

    • @simmi6348
      @simmi6348 4 года назад +278

      "Have anyone seen my son sock??"

    • @panzerschliffehohenzollern4863
      @panzerschliffehohenzollern4863 4 года назад +167

      @@simmi6348 Your son socks or your son named sock?

  • @Saikhnaaaaa
    @Saikhnaaaaa 5 лет назад +5441

    Aztec dude: “Congrats on opening up a school! How should we name this fine institution of learning and development?”
    Another Aztec dude: “THE HOUSE OF TEARS!!!”

    • @MaylocBrittinorum
      @MaylocBrittinorum 5 лет назад +445

      Well, it's accurate...

    • @deadeye9439
      @deadeye9439 5 лет назад +273

      yup that's how college universities are named in Aztec times

    • @DarkwaveMistress
      @DarkwaveMistress 5 лет назад +352

      The ancestors were wise 😂

    • @yaujj65
      @yaujj65 5 лет назад +113

      The guy who opened the school must be an ex soldier

    • @novvain495
      @novvain495 5 лет назад +21

      This comment needs more likes

  • @indigo-streak9912
    @indigo-streak9912 5 лет назад +5640

    Imagine just being a helpless, wailing, newborn baby and some woman you've literally never met and can't even see just lifts you up over her head and says: "Listen kid, life's gonna suck."
    -Beginning of an Aztec

    • @theresahall8206
      @theresahall8206 5 лет назад +100

      Well life has ups and downs and I doubt they told only the bad.

    • @Arendium
      @Arendium 4 года назад +87

      At least it was honest.

    • @wolfzmusic9706
      @wolfzmusic9706 4 года назад +18

      so annoying when you read comments that are incredibly similar. be original.

    • @moonkingkei5547
      @moonkingkei5547 4 года назад +20

      Wolfz Music
      What do you expect? 3.4K people commented on this video, and the video doesn’t exactly cover that many individual topics. It’s only natural to comment on the most outrageous things that the narrator said.

    • @wolfzmusic9706
      @wolfzmusic9706 4 года назад +5

      MoonKingKei i think the comment was a copy though. like it was worded incredibly similar to another comment so it just seems like they copied it but changed a word or two

  • @gilbertotoledo1421
    @gilbertotoledo1421 5 лет назад +5033

    I was expecting a great video, but I didn't expect it to blow my mind the way it did. I was born in a rural part of Mexico. When I was born, my grandmother buried my umbilical cord in the middle of a field. I always wondered why, my grandmother always said that you're supposed to, it's tradition. When I saw the umbilical cord thing in the video it blew my mind. I got chills.
    Also the mouse hole thing is still done, though in a modified form. Traditionally the tooth faerie concept doesn't exist in Mexico. Instead we have a tooth mouse. When I was a child, my father told me to make a wish on the tooth and leave the tooth in the trash or outside. From there the tooth would be taken by a mouse who would somehow grant my wish eventually. That last part is really vague on details but that's how it went. My cousins and friends were told very similar things. Also for us the man on the moon is actually a rabbit. Lol

    • @angeliparraguirre7329
      @angeliparraguirre7329 5 лет назад +199

      That's some good native culture!

    • @abrahamcorona420
      @abrahamcorona420 5 лет назад +323

      Dude i always found it wired that white people had a fairy and mexicans had a a mouse it all makes sense now

    • @rgw4393
      @rgw4393 5 лет назад +256

      A tooth mouse is so much less creepy than a tooth fairy

    • @abrahamcorona420
      @abrahamcorona420 5 лет назад +25

      @@rgw4393 one is tinker bell for kids the other is a mouse we are taught to kill on sight

    • @jorgeo1492
      @jorgeo1492 5 лет назад +40

      wow that sounds really interesting, de donde eres bro?

  • @nayeliwhite242
    @nayeliwhite242 3 года назад +1596

    Oh my gosh! Mexican here, when you said they threw their baby teeth into mouse holes, something clicked! In Mexico our "tooth fairy" is called "El Raton" which directly translates to the rat. So it seems this piece of Aztec culture has made it all the way into the 21st century. So cool!

    • @sunrisemellows1600
      @sunrisemellows1600 3 года назад +87

      Yes omg!! I remember when I was yonger my grandparents told me El Raton was going to take my teeth that had fallen out and I was terrified haha. I wondered why we never called it the “tooth fairy” but it’s because ours is quite different!!

    • @lucario2188
      @lucario2188 2 года назад +33

      No, it translate to the mouse, the rat is female and El raton is male word.

    • @astrolillo
      @astrolillo 2 года назад +1

      @@lucario2188 no solo eso un raton es un diferente animal a una rata.. y es el raton perez...pero..whitexicans gonna whitexican

    • @potentialcaroozin2385
      @potentialcaroozin2385 Год назад +20

      this is the same in honduras haha, but we had maya civilization, im sure it was easy for the idea to have traveled though, proximity and all that.

    • @Jorora
      @Jorora Год назад +27

      Well our culture is Aztec culture just as much as it’s also Spanish culture so of course it would’ve made it to today. If your look at the foods they ate compare to the foods we eat our dishes have a lot more in common with Aztec dishes. Growing up Mexican you don’t really realize how much of your culture is actually derived from nahua speaking peoples but we are literally called Mexican which is what the Aztecs called themselves, the Mexica

  • @haperawehiwehi8661
    @haperawehiwehi8661 5 лет назад +5696

    I love how nobles and elites were given more punishment than commoners. Nowadays the opposite is true in most developed nations.

    • @arturogonzalez-barrios8206
      @arturogonzalez-barrios8206 5 лет назад +663

      Drinking was outlawed, unless you were a warrior or an elderly person who had earned it. The punishment to nobles for being drunk in public was execution. Quite harsh, but it's because that is how the elites justified their status, they were "better" in all regards than the commoners.

    • @gustano123
      @gustano123 5 лет назад +174

      @@arturogonzalez-barrios8206 aristocrats in the original sense of the word, indeed.

    • @donteventry2862
      @donteventry2862 5 лет назад +43

      In more developed nations there is no school separation (fffinland)

    • @Caio-sw7hh
      @Caio-sw7hh 5 лет назад +164

      in most developed countries elites are treated better than commoners, in developing countries the elites dont even get punishment lol

    • @otakujiji
      @otakujiji 5 лет назад +180

      Many years later, on the same land, Mexican politicians straight up commit crimes and are never punished

  • @dariustiapula
    @dariustiapula 5 лет назад +3103

    A sacrifice a day. Keeps the apocalypse at bay.

  • @ccchk1
    @ccchk1 4 года назад +3412

    This is so interesting. Why isnt there a movie with young Aztecs characters. Imagine being able to see the city Tenochtitlan in a movie.

    • @WomenApologist
      @WomenApologist 4 года назад +211

      I remember I would see Aztec themed movies growing up because my dad would watch them but they were all in Spanish and meant for Mexican/Hispanic viewers.

    • @Arendium
      @Arendium 4 года назад +84

      Because people here doesn't really care about culture nor art right now.

    • @kthemaster1999
      @kthemaster1999 4 года назад +55

      @@Arendium Right now people right now have nothing better to do than culture and art. Especially movies and TV

    • @lol3367
      @lol3367 4 года назад +50

      @XDranzer000 its inaccurate as hell, too

    • @BaconMaken
      @BaconMaken 4 года назад +27

      Disney should get on that. They already made one for the Inca Empire.

  • @andrewvillafuerte5590
    @andrewvillafuerte5590 4 года назад +2324

    Here in the Philippines, we also have a belief that if you stepped over a child then their growth will be stunted. To reverse it, you must step over backwards. Maybe we inherited it from Mexican migrants to the Philippines during the Spanish colonization.

    • @meriem7069
      @meriem7069 4 года назад +143

      Here in North Africa if you stepped over an adult he might get angry about it and be like : oh man look what you've done now I will not grow up
      And you'll be like : wtf man ?!you're a grown 2 meters tall man !

    • @Emma-lc7cx
      @Emma-lc7cx 4 года назад +29

      In west africa to

    • @meriem7069
      @meriem7069 4 года назад +47

      @@Emma-lc7cx I wonder where did this myth came from and what is its story and how it is common in Africa and South America ?!

    • @kalciumsthename
      @kalciumsthename 4 года назад +63

      Mexico actually was ordered to 'take care' of Philippines in a way way back when we were still under the Spanish government! So maybe that's what happened.

    • @aysenur6761
      @aysenur6761 4 года назад +46

      That's weird... I am an Anatolian and even our elders have that belief, there is also a similar belief of powerful gaze of "some people" which is called "nazar" (evil eye). For example "It has been a strengly tough week, I guess nazar touched me".

  • @skidadleghostidadle1726
    @skidadleghostidadle1726 5 лет назад +5129

    concept: a highschool coming of age movie but theyre aztecs

    • @RodrigoMera
      @RodrigoMera 5 лет назад +154

      There is actually a kind of pornographic book called "Aztec" which describes all of this.

    • @bluesummers5051
      @bluesummers5051 5 лет назад +31

      skidadle ghostidadle I’d pay for that

    • @Monkeyonasuit
      @Monkeyonasuit 4 года назад +73

      There already is one. It's called Apocalypto

    • @farah4l
      @farah4l 4 года назад +83

      @@kaistzar2831 nah that was based on the incans

    • @Arendium
      @Arendium 4 года назад +54

      @@farah4l Mayans*

  • @lion2535
    @lion2535 5 лет назад +1828

    crazy how alot of these customs are still seen in mexico

    • @citlalliir
      @citlalliir 4 года назад +217

      especially the standards parents have for either children

    • @IsabellaSOrtiz
      @IsabellaSOrtiz 4 года назад +90

      not really crazy, it's part of them still

    • @we1are1nemesis
      @we1are1nemesis 4 года назад +122

      we still see other schools as rivals

    • @m.rsoda-can1868
      @m.rsoda-can1868 4 года назад +82

      at least they don't use those methods of punishment
      I have never been hit with la CHANKLA but It is probably almost as bad a belt.

    • @lion2535
      @lion2535 4 года назад +58

      M.R Soda-Can nah i feared the belt more than la chankla.

  • @samiai8905
    @samiai8905 5 лет назад +919

    "House of Tears', Yeah that's a good name for a school

  • @yaelthesnail
    @yaelthesnail 5 лет назад +5632

    The Aztecs had an incredibly polite society, which emphasized respect, politeness, conscientiousness, and humility. To the modern person, this may seem at odds with their practice of routine human sacrifice. But we must bear in mind that they didn't commit these acts out of sadism. They genuinely believed, with all their hearts, that the world would end if they did not do it. It's easy for us to judge them harshly, but -- lest we forget -- Europeans at this exact point in time would go on to kill tens or even hundreds of thousands of people as suspected witches. And up to a million people for being Albigensian heretics. Also done in the name of the greater good, by genuinely pious people.

    • @Shinzon23
      @Shinzon23 5 лет назад +161

      Still doesn't mean I'm shedding a tear that the people they'd been waging war on for sacrifice banded together after the Spanish had done their thing and wiped them out...

    • @yaelthesnail
      @yaelthesnail 5 лет назад +727

      @@Shinzon23 Sure. But we can mourn the loss of their culture and identity.
      The Spanish, as we know, proved to be far harsher overlords than the Aztecs ever were.

    • @DonVigaDeFierro
      @DonVigaDeFierro 5 лет назад +372

      @@Shinzon23 Common myth.
      They were never wiped out at all.
      When the Mexica empire fell. Many of the natives that allied to the Spanish were granted the Crown citizenship and rights.
      They were absorbed into a new society. Their culture was somehow preserved with oral tradition and practices, despite many attempts to extinguish it.

    • @smokeyjoe4884
      @smokeyjoe4884 5 лет назад +394

      It seems that the Aztec were much more advanced than the Europeans, I mean the Europeans wouldn't wash their babies in fear of disease and would force 12 year olds into marriage.

    • @yaelthesnail
      @yaelthesnail 5 лет назад +402

      @@smokeyjoe4884 They were more advanced in some key ways than Medieval Europeans, to be sure. But not more than the Romans at their peak.
      If the Aztecs had had access to iron and large beasts of burden, they may have even equaled the Romans. But alas, they did not. What they achieved with stone and pure human labor is nothing short of extraordinary, however.

  • @amaliasilva7518
    @amaliasilva7518 4 года назад +708

    Wholesome fact: Aztecs believed in Chichihuanauco, a place where Aztec babies went if they died. The Chichihuanauco was a valley with a huge bush with breasts hanging from its branches, so the babies could feed themselves.

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL 3 года назад +44

      Uh... Okay

    • @kingdmind
      @kingdmind 3 года назад +51

      Is it coincidental that the word sounds like chihuahua?

    • @elenaravenclaw9276
      @elenaravenclaw9276 3 года назад +126

      @@MASTEROFEVIL if you can’t handle something as simple as that you shouldn’t be on here

    • @thelanktheist2626
      @thelanktheist2626 3 года назад +95

      That’s very weird… but very sweet.

    • @All_Your_Fandom_Needs
      @All_Your_Fandom_Needs 3 года назад +29

      @@elenaravenclaw9276 what do you mean? They just simply replied to the comment as a normal person would. Plus the internet is for everyone, what do you mean they shouldn't be here?

  • @Morgai-Fly
    @Morgai-Fly 5 лет назад +980

    Stepping over children causing a stunting of growth also seems to be a belief in Bengali culture. It's amazing how strange beliefs can be shared across the world and across ages.

    • @ttuliorancao
      @ttuliorancao 5 лет назад +58

      We have the same superstition here in Brazil

    • @Morgai-Fly
      @Morgai-Fly 5 лет назад +76

      Perhaps it's universal. Either many cultures came up with this strange belief or more impressively, this is a pre-historic belief. I can't imagine people holding the same beliefs for tens of thousands of years (if you believe in the Bering land bridge theory) from a time before the old world had been separated from the new. But if that is the case, it would be incredible.

    • @manooxi327
      @manooxi327 5 лет назад +16

      in N.Africa as well!

    • @segundonoacco3164
      @segundonoacco3164 5 лет назад +2

      @@Morgai-Fly Miguel Serrano has awnsers for you, but, you know, his words are nearly illegal for those that rule the world today, so im not going to say much else.

    • @misseli1
      @misseli1 5 лет назад +15

      zen yatta The bit about ritualistic bathing of newborns reminded me of the infant baptism in certain Churches. Which is interesting considering that (european) Christians did not come into contact with Mesoamericans until the 1400s-1500s

  • @christiandennis5451
    @christiandennis5451 4 года назад +1227

    Meanwhile,
    Somewhere out there a mouse king watches this video on his throne made of discarded aztec baby teeth.

    • @KR77.2
      @KR77.2 4 года назад +47

      Juan Sotelo I guessed that ! I always wondered why we had mice instead of fairies, all in all a nice custom.

    • @dutifullyradanchor
      @dutifullyradanchor 4 года назад +21

      Many russian kids also believe in mice and not tooth fairies!

    • @Emma-lc7cx
      @Emma-lc7cx 4 года назад +4

      So does south africa

    • @amaliasilva7518
      @amaliasilva7518 3 года назад +8

      I invented a story about an Aztec baby girl called Tecciztli, meaning “snail” for being very calm and slow. She misspelled her grandpa’s name, “Coli”, and instead called him cocolli: “twisted”.

    • @crishell9652
      @crishell9652 3 года назад +2

      I'm from the North eastern part of India, we're mostly tribals and I grew up with this 'teeth for mice' tradition as well

  • @MatrixMami
    @MatrixMami 5 лет назад +1221

    No shade but at 4:33 the women aren't weaving... They're grinding the corn to make tortillas :p

  • @chrissomeone2642
    @chrissomeone2642 5 лет назад +3705

    5:11 you know ur Mexican when ur mom toasts chili and everyone in the house starts coughing

  • @gabriellathewise
    @gabriellathewise 4 года назад +403

    “The midwife greeted the infant with a long speech warning of the sorrows and dangers of life”
    I see I got my emo-ness from the Aztec part of my heritage

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL 3 года назад +11

      Same

    • @zimriel
      @zimriel Год назад +3

      The joke I heard is that if Mexico ever takes Texas back they'll make Morrissey write the new state anthem :^x

  • @hyacinthlover9370
    @hyacinthlover9370 5 лет назад +929

    1:44 WHAT lmao
    “Hello, my name is Petunia and this is my brother, Shirt.”

    • @Aphelia.
      @Aphelia. 5 лет назад +124

      "and this is my cousin, pants."

    • @Aphelia.
      @Aphelia. 5 лет назад +18

      @ZaqueHunzahua mine is either meaning 'yellow flower' or 'homeland'-- what about yours?

    • @esppupsnkits4560
      @esppupsnkits4560 5 лет назад +21

      「 Heaphilian 」 mine means farmer

    • @ninjaked1265
      @ninjaked1265 5 лет назад +33

      My last name means “Dark Invader” and I’m white

    • @VaneyRio
      @VaneyRio 4 года назад +42

      The most common one is "Xochitl" which means just flower. Or you can go hardcore route and call your child "Cempaxuchitl" which means flower of death.
      Mexican names are badass

  • @bluewingsprite
    @bluewingsprite 5 лет назад +747

    As a Mexican, I thank you for this beautiful description of one of the cultures that came before

    • @dagoobertron
      @dagoobertron 5 лет назад +66

      wheres the ritual punishment of the chancla?

    • @sabercat5490
      @sabercat5490 5 лет назад +11

      @@dagoobertron lmao

    • @therealone4113
      @therealone4113 5 лет назад +2

      @Zoingo what the 3/4?

    • @bnbcraft6666
      @bnbcraft6666 5 лет назад +6

      I have friend at my welding school whose almost 100% Native Mexican and how his grandparents live in a Native village in southern Mexico

    • @victorhernandeztriana5311
      @victorhernandeztriana5311 5 лет назад +1

      Rob Roux I agree with everything but the Lebanese part. I’m from northern zacatecas and my dna is 60% Native 33% Europe and 7% African. I don’t believe there is significant Lebanese dna anywhere in Mexico.

  • @areeortiz
    @areeortiz 3 года назад +285

    My family has roots from the Mixteca culture in Oaxaca. My great grandmother used to punish my grandfather with the chili pepper’s smoke. He said it felt like suffocating and like he was going to choke. He hated it so much that whenever we needed to cook something that involved roasting hot peppers, he would leave the house and come back after the smoke was gone.

    • @KarlSnarks
      @KarlSnarks Год назад +39

      Poor grandpa, got traumatized by the abuse. Interesting that the tradition remained so long after the erradication/genocide of that Aztec culture.

    • @Stingray_Andy
      @Stingray_Andy Год назад +13

      I will say that the pepper roasting never went away but it isn't used as punishment anymore it's just to cook salsas and other things but still hurts

    • @jennifermorales19
      @jennifermorales19 Год назад +4

      @@Stingray_Andy On god. I knew when they came out, I had to open all the windows and get far away from the kitchen as possible lmfaoo. That was rough so I can't imagine how bad it must be to deal with that as a punishment.

    • @Stingray_Andy
      @Stingray_Andy Год назад

      @@jennifermorales19 probably as bad as getting burned at the stake

    • @amberj-ly517
      @amberj-ly517 Год назад +3

      Wait chili pepper roasting is punishment? 🙃 it happens like every other week at my house cause we make salsa. I guess we became high tolerance passing from generation that at this point; it’s just like oh no chiles are roasting open the windows and doors 😂😂

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 5 лет назад +1929

    7 Years commando. Wow

    • @An_Ian
      @An_Ian 5 лет назад +99

      They are founding members of the No Pants Society
      or NPS for sort

    • @anthonyfox585
      @anthonyfox585 5 лет назад +30

      I mean that's pretty much like how I used to be lol

    • @jordandehart6905
      @jordandehart6905 5 лет назад +28

      My former neighbors kid never wore a short or leggings until he was like, 8.

    • @MiguelAlejandroVF
      @MiguelAlejandroVF 5 лет назад +35

      The Aztecs were truly a free society.

    • @jasminea11hh
      @jasminea11hh 5 лет назад +2

      Lmfaooo😭❤️

  • @nebeskisrb7765
    @nebeskisrb7765 5 лет назад +441

    "Stepping over a child will stunt their growth so you must step back to undo the effect"

  • @Lelogann
    @Lelogann 5 лет назад +827

    Lvl 1 commoner... Lvl 100 Elite Jaguar Warrior

  • @dcaffeine1854
    @dcaffeine1854 5 лет назад +540

    Just imagine Aztec school life in the form of an 80's highschool sports movie

    • @clarerodri8080
      @clarerodri8080 5 лет назад +15

      DAC The Poissons Kuzcos Animated Series

    • @claudiostudios9002
      @claudiostudios9002 4 года назад +81

      Yo, where’s my friend Shirt?
      He got grounded, his funeral is tomorrow
      *laughs in the background*
      Anyway, let’s go fight against the other school

    • @danielmiller2357
      @danielmiller2357 3 года назад +31

      @@claudiostudios9002 that puts a surprising and morbid spin to the term, "grounded".

    • @doncarlin9081
      @doncarlin9081 3 года назад +7

      Actually not a bad idea 🤔

    • @Gr95dc
      @Gr95dc 3 года назад +5

      a bloody movie

  • @katiekawaii
    @katiekawaii 5 лет назад +511

    "At 7 years old, boys finally put on a dang breechcloth." Hahaha

  • @julians7268
    @julians7268 5 лет назад +694

    Isnt it interesting how both the Aztec and Roman civilizations saw a person's 15th birthday as important? I'm sure this extends to many other civilizations. Why is this particular age seen as special across vastly different civilizations. This, even among civilizations that had absolutely no interaction or knowledge of each other.

    • @anvayad6249
      @anvayad6249 5 лет назад +33

      Funny this comment has 15 likes

    • @Lilliathi
      @Lilliathi 5 лет назад +179

      Making babies was important, and 15 is about the lowest age at which a girl can start making babies without killing herself.

    • @julians7268
      @julians7268 5 лет назад +36

      @@Lilliathi - I guess that could be the case. Seems to me though that if a females ability to give birth were the determining factor here that these civilizations would have selected a younger age... Didn't many civilizations associate that time with the first menstruation? IDK.

    • @MegCazalet
      @MegCazalet 5 лет назад +89

      Julian S The average age when menarche occurs can vary a lot across history and cultures. It’s believed to be coming earlier now in modern developed countries than it has in the past, due to various biological and environmental factors. Currently we’re at around 13. I wouldn’t be surprised if 15 was closer to the average age across ancient cultures.

    • @Lilliathi
      @Lilliathi 5 лет назад +154

      @@MegCazalet
      There's a difference between having your first period and having a body that can birth a child without dying in the process, especially before modern medicine. It doesn't really matter if it was later.

  • @mohammadhijazi4498
    @mohammadhijazi4498 5 лет назад +380

    Growing up in the Middle East we also had the belief that if you so over a child it'd stunt their growth and that you'd must stop back to undo it.
    It's weird that it's an Aztec thing too

    • @farticlesofconflatulation
      @farticlesofconflatulation 5 лет назад +49

      Middle East and Meso America have many strange similarities. Invention of complex mathematical concepts and building of pyramids for example.

    • @farticlesofconflatulation
      @farticlesofconflatulation 5 лет назад +18

      Arwyroe middle east as a cultural region not precisely constrained by geographic area.

    • @farticlesofconflatulation
      @farticlesofconflatulation 5 лет назад +2

      Arwyroe we can argue semantics but where’s the fun in that?

    • @ziri9613
      @ziri9613 5 лет назад +1

      We have that belief in Algeria too, interesting that Aztecs have it too.

    • @imenandzero7267
      @imenandzero7267 5 лет назад +4

      We had the hair cutting to prevent illness back in Thailand, and my parents came from Myanmar so they probably did that there too.

  • @TheDinosaur900
    @TheDinosaur900 5 лет назад +262

    Growing up as an Aztec boy seems very similar to growing up as an Spartan child given their mandatory military service starting at a young age. Very intriguing video as always.

    • @Jorora
      @Jorora Год назад +22

      Well both their cultures were bent on war and conquest so it makes sense they’d develop those sorts of traditions

    • @spencerstevens2175
      @spencerstevens2175 Год назад +6

      @@Jorora Spartans were a greek vassal. Hardly conquering anything in their name. The aztecs were also notrious dickheads to their neighbors. Which is why it was so easy for the spanish to take them out with so few spaniards. They just asked the neighboring tribes if they wanted the Aztecs gone and of course they were happy to help!

  • @victreebeloverlord1185
    @victreebeloverlord1185 4 года назад +679

    "Any lost teeth would be cast into mouse holes"
    Mice: Yo wth

    • @ember1901
      @ember1901 3 года назад +39

      Mice be like this isn't food

    • @_Executor_
      @_Executor_ 3 года назад +59

      In México we don't have the "tooth fairy", instead we got the "ratón de los dientes."

    • @nikkim7038
      @nikkim7038 3 года назад +22

      @@_Executor_ SO THAT’S WHY IT’S CALLED THAT

    • @kity1081
      @kity1081 3 года назад +19

      "Dayum this shit crunchy"

    • @theasianboy315
      @theasianboy315 3 года назад +3

      That's why Jerry left Mexico and settled in USA

  • @tepichimazate
    @tepichimazate 4 года назад +915

    I'm so proud of being Mexican/Indigenous Aztec

    • @marthamacias4046
      @marthamacias4046 4 года назад +14

      Same

    • @hellothere3610
      @hellothere3610 4 года назад +57

      @King Stego I wdym even tho they are mexican their proud of their aztec ancestry they didnt say being aztec was the best

    • @analien7582
      @analien7582 4 года назад +26

      King Stego I first they didn’t say Aztec was the best and second they never said that every Mexicano was Aztec,stop jumping to conclusions

    • @user-lu4xp7iv8c
      @user-lu4xp7iv8c 4 года назад +15

      King Stego I they never said it was the best lmao they just said they’re proud of who they are

    • @kanatosakamaki8456
      @kanatosakamaki8456 4 года назад +56

      I’m from Viking decent, but i find your culture and heritage very interesting and im happy i got to learn more about it ^^

  • @jonathangonzalez1271
    @jonathangonzalez1271 5 лет назад +323

    Wow this was amazing! as a Mexican who is working on a fantasy novel with prehispanic elements you have done me a great favor with elements to spice the world

    • @pisces2569
      @pisces2569 5 лет назад +5

      What’s it about?

    • @superash4u578
      @superash4u578 5 лет назад +14

      Please let us know more when this book comes out! I'll read and review ❤️

    • @hat880
      @hat880 5 лет назад +10

      Yes...would love to read it

    • @aaaav7694
      @aaaav7694 5 лет назад +8

      You should read Aztec by Gary Jennings, a lot of info from an academic converted into an historic novel

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 5 лет назад

      Jonathan Gonzalez Cool!

  • @_98s
    @_98s 5 лет назад +562

    Im really loving all these Aztec videos you’ve been making, you should make videos on other Mesoamerican people and North American natives

    • @angeliparraguirre7329
      @angeliparraguirre7329 5 лет назад +24

      That good native heritage man, gotta keep teaching it it will disappear

    • @Jade-ep7qg
      @Jade-ep7qg 5 лет назад +11

      Aztecs are native Americans... where do you think Mexico is lol

    • @TheSparrowBatman
      @TheSparrowBatman 5 лет назад +2

      Jade Hale I think they meant North American Native Americans, unless they meant more native tribes of South America like the Incas or Mayans. *shrugs* That's my guess though.

    • @Jade-ep7qg
      @Jade-ep7qg 5 лет назад +14

      TheSparrowBatman Aztecs are North Americans. Mexico is in North America 😂😂 plus Aztec culture is found in other tribes from the US as well sooooo

    • @TheSparrowBatman
      @TheSparrowBatman 5 лет назад

      Jade Hale Okay, let me start again, since apparently I can't get past a brain fart today, other than Aztec tribes, like Navajo, Cheerokee, etc. in North America or Southern American tribes like Mayan and the Inca. But again, I'm not sure which ones they are referring too, so beats me.

  • @skidadleghostidadle1726
    @skidadleghostidadle1726 5 лет назад +188

    house of tears... some things just havent changed

  • @motherofoblivion7497
    @motherofoblivion7497 5 лет назад +881

    My step dad once told me that his grandma would physically punish him by hanging him to a tree by his feet and start a small fire to smoke him with peppers. Be glad that you can call child protective services in today's society

    • @jordandehart6905
      @jordandehart6905 5 лет назад +145

      My dads childhood punishment was apparently to be locked inside the family truck for hours.
      Seriously, I'm so lucky I grew up in the 90s and not the 60s.

    • @motherofoblivion7497
      @motherofoblivion7497 5 лет назад +7

      @@jordandehart6905 uuuuhhhh... how is being in a truck punishment?

    • @enriquegarcia2790
      @enriquegarcia2790 5 лет назад +59

      I was whipped with electrical wires and my mom's metal studded slutty belt when my mom was at work and my dad was pissy drunk from his friends beating him in Madden NFL,he gave a gash cut on my arm one time and made me hold it together so it would stop bleeding. I was raised by a piece of shit and kids these days cry about there dad's "missing a ball game" or "he didn't show me affection", don't get me wrong, all that sounds nice and I get jealous and depressed when I see other guys who have grate dad's that have there shit together and I have to help my old bastard out every other month when his third wife drops off his third little mistake because he didn't learn his lesson first two times not to have kids. It seems unfair to me but I guess I should be thankful for the situation, I now know how to be a better parent if I have kids and it's almost impossible to kill me.

    • @catwhiskers4885
      @catwhiskers4885 5 лет назад +123

      Mother Of Oblivion um being in a car on a hot day with little room to you doesn’t sound like punishment??

    • @motherofoblivion7497
      @motherofoblivion7497 5 лет назад +35

      Not as bad as the dude who got whipped with an electric cable. My mom would always have a thin flexible branch handy and shed always keep it wet inside a bucket so that it wouldn't break. I still have some scars on my lower back, if i knew i could get away with shit by just being in a truck for a day I'd chose the latter XD

  • @stahppls2293
    @stahppls2293 5 лет назад +443

    So you're telling me, the itching powder from Kronk's new groove is historically accurate?

    • @ThatsWhatSheSaid-420
      @ThatsWhatSheSaid-420 4 года назад +59

      Kronk's New Groove is actually what the midwives had the babies watch to prepare them for the challenges of life

    • @Tokuijin
      @Tokuijin 3 года назад +72

      Actually, that movie is in Peru. They were culturally similar in some ways but not by much

    • @toastychaos5219
      @toastychaos5219 3 года назад +25

      That movie is located on peru, aztecs and mayans are from mexico all the way up to central america, so no, it's not historically accurate

    • @caciqueloko6500
      @caciqueloko6500 3 года назад +2

      Kronk is Inca is not related with astecs or mayas

  • @Spookspek
    @Spookspek 5 лет назад +618

    I wonder how their civilization would have developed if they had somehow managed to isolate themselves like Japan...

    • @seribelz
      @seribelz 5 лет назад +109

      more anime maybe

    • @diegojimenez6975
      @diegojimenez6975 5 лет назад +49

      seribelz nah anime developed after ww2 cause economic depression

    • @MVangelmx
      @MVangelmx 5 лет назад +36

      They were getting there.

    • @aaaav7694
      @aaaav7694 5 лет назад +45

      90% of the population would have still died after first contact with the old world so they are pretty much screwed anyway.

    • @Neverseenstars
      @Neverseenstars 5 лет назад +75

      @@aaaav7694 they are still here so that would not have happened. 30% of Mexicans are almost 100% Indigenous. That's millions of people still around.

  • @tbe9790
    @tbe9790 5 лет назад +246

    *another tooth falls into hole
    Mouse: "WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS????"

    • @ValYourFav
      @ValYourFav 3 года назад

      uh the tooth fairy mouse exists.

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 5 лет назад +344

    I really like this Growing Up Series

  • @Lelogann
    @Lelogann 5 лет назад +244

    My desire for Mesoamerican content has been met once again 😩❤️

    • @danielpincu6030
      @danielpincu6030 5 лет назад +4

      I hope he continues it. TedX had one but they stopped making it.

    • @Lelogann
      @Lelogann 5 лет назад +7

      Yeah I hope he branches off into the Maya, Inca, and Muisca

  • @vinny9868
    @vinny9868 5 лет назад +550

    "15 birthday was an important one" Ah yes. Let the quinceañera begin!

    • @isabelgonzalez862
      @isabelgonzalez862 4 года назад +1

      Vinny yess!

    • @amaliasilva7518
      @amaliasilva7518 3 года назад +1

      Que empiece el guateque 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

    • @lude1350
      @lude1350 3 года назад

      Raini Rodriguez 😍😍

  • @jacobfinch9563
    @jacobfinch9563 5 лет назад +197

    The Aztec childhood seems very Greek, except less *ahem* "Eros" with the boys

    • @cherr6932
      @cherr6932 4 года назад +5

      You got me wheezing 😂😂😂😂😂👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

    • @BaconMaken
      @BaconMaken 4 года назад +32

      I've seen people refer to them as the Spartans of Native Americans.

    • @youngking2503
      @youngking2503 4 года назад +3

      @@BaconMaken You should check out the Chickasaw. They're called the Spartans of the Mississippi

    • @JamesPeach
      @JamesPeach 4 года назад +8

      @@BaconMaken
      The Aztec were like a mix between Spartan and Athenian.

    • @annarchy200
      @annarchy200 3 года назад

      Oh..... oh I just got that.... now I can't stop laughing.

  • @Cythil
    @Cythil 5 лет назад +122

    Always nice to see the daily life of cultures be explored more. There tend to be way to much focus on wars and great men in history. Why I am sure a lot of people feel that history is just memorizing dates. But history is so much more. And I feel we can often learn more from the daily lives of people in the past then we do for there battles.

    • @basilofgoodwishes4138
      @basilofgoodwishes4138 5 лет назад

      History should be a narrative of Life and Virtue and Love, not sorely of Power and Battles which poisoned us in a lot of ways( look at you U.S and Russia).

  • @slave7022
    @slave7022 5 лет назад +140

    "School rivalries were a thing" lol, they still are.

  • @sarcasm-aplenty
    @sarcasm-aplenty 5 лет назад +883

    Some old dude: **steps over a baby**
    Parent of baby:"Oí, oí, oí, don't step over the baby!"😤
    SOD:😨"Oh, sorry." **Takes a step backwards** **glances at bab-**
    Parent: "Hey, don't stare at my child!"😡
    SOD: 😓😵

    • @magtovi
      @magtovi 4 года назад +61

      Believe it or not, that "staring superstition" is still a big thing in rural Mexico.

    • @ember1901
      @ember1901 3 года назад +5

      My mom is puerto rican and even she is superstitious when it comes to stepping over a baby while their playing on the floor she like "ay no no you can't do that stepping over the baby will stunt their growth now you must walk backwards over them but don't fall or anything you don't want literally hurt them"

    • @yoongi7854
      @yoongi7854 3 года назад +2

      lol staring at a baby gives mal ojo ive seen my mom help babies that have thag like she helped my sister and on me and on other babies and she says i would do it to my future children too

    • @gatogordo2197
      @gatogordo2197 3 года назад

      Many of my relatives still believe that you should not stare at a child.

    • @LangkeeLongkee
      @LangkeeLongkee 3 года назад +1

      I'm South American and we still do the walking over the child thing haha. Also if you sweep someone's foot with a broom they won't they won't get married.

  • @Luboman411
    @Luboman411 5 лет назад +53

    My parents were both born in Guatemala. Their first names were calendar names derived from the Catholic calendar--each day has a saint in that calendar. Both my parents were named after their calendar saints--St. Filogonius for my dad, St. Odilon for my mom. I was not aware that this was a tradition that PRECEDED the Spanish conquest, that the Aztecs and the Maya both did calendar names. I'll be damned...

    • @plumebrise4801
      @plumebrise4801 Год назад +1

      Yeah it was a tradition across christianity ,in France ,you were always naming your child with the name of the saint associated with the day he was born ,then the 3rd Republic made a law that forced everyone to do it (Even tho everyone was already naming their child with this method) and in 1905 with the law of separation between the church and the state ,it was not obligatory anymore (But people were still doing it until after WW2)
      Edit :
      It's also because of that ,that family name were recreated in Europe (They already existed in the Roman Empire ,but disappeared after) in the XI/XIIth century ,because of growing population ,there was only 365 name (Masculine or Feminine ,but each name had another version in case the child was not of the same sex as the saint) ,with only 730 names and growing population ,it would become harder and harder to recognize people by their name ,so they took family name .
      The family name can be multiple type of thing that the 1st ancestor had ,the name of his father ,his jobs ,a physical characteristic ,a title etc... My family name from my father side imply that my ancestor was working on stained glass in churches and cathedrales ,and my family name from my mother side imply that my other ancestor was a city/castle guard .
      One of the teacher I had in my life had a family name of "Longueépée" which means "Longsword" (Ancestor was probably a knight) ,a classmate had the family name "Chevalier" which would mean "Knight" (So his was ancestor was a knight) ,one of my friend had the family name "Doré" ,which mean "Golden" (So his ancestor was probably rich ,a noble or in the gold business) ,a classmate had the family name "Gris" which mean "Grey" (So his ancestor probably liked the colour grey or lived/worked in a grey building) ,the most common family name in France are (It's the number of French people born between 1891 and 2000 to have these family name) :
      1-Martin (250 013 persons have it ,it's a name ,the saint of the 11th of November ,Martin of Tours ,feminine version is Martine)
      2-Bernard (131 330 ,name ,the saint of the 20th of August ,Bernard of Clairvaux ,Feminine version is Bernadette)
      3-Thomas (118 331 ,name ,the saint of the 3rd of July ,Thomas the Apostle ,multiple feminine versions ,that nobody use anymore)
      4-Petit (115 217 ,physical characteristic ,it means "Small")
      5-Robert (112 998 ,name ,the saint of the 30th of April ,Robert of Molesmes ,feminine version is Roberta)
      6-Richard (109 354 ,social condition ,it means rich)
      7-Dubois (108 619 ,it mean that he live near the woods)
      8-Durand (108 374 ,physical characteristic ,it means "Endurance")
      9-Moreau (102 804 ,physical characteristic ,it mean that the person had brown hair)
      10-Laurent (97 015 ,name ,the saint of the 10th of August ,Saint-Lawrence ,feminine version is Laurence)
      11-Simon (96 397 ,name ,the saint of the 28th of October ,Simon the Zealot ,feminine version is Simone)
      12-Michel (93 493 ,name ,the saint of the 29th of September Archangel Michael ,feminine version is Michelle)
      13-Lefebvre (91 459 ,job ,blacksmith)
      14-Leroy (87 282 ,title ,mean King ,given to the people who would win in archery competition ,especially present in the north)
      15-David (76 085 ,name ,the saint of the 1st of March ,Saint David ,Davia is the feminine)
      16-Roux (75 365 ,physical characteristics ,it mean red hair)
      17-Morel (72 745 ,same as Moreau)
      18-Bertrand (72 683 ,name ,the saint of the 6th of September ,Bertrand de Garrigues ,Bertrande is the feminine)
      19-Fournier (71 996 ,Job ,baker)
      20-Girard (70 039 ,name ,the saint of the 3rd of October)
      There are more than 1,4 Millions family name in France ,and 300 000 peoples are the last and unique holders of their family name ,

  • @tanostrelok2323
    @tanostrelok2323 5 лет назад +97

    Aztecs were by far the most interesting civilization on the Americas, it's nice to see something to expand the picture we have of them.

    • @tanostrelok2323
      @tanostrelok2323 5 лет назад +8

      @Cegesh They deserve some attention too, their mountain agriculture was awesome for their time. Considering they conquered a good chunk of land I'd expect them to have a solid military, although I don't know as much about it as I'd like.

    • @Reaper136Killer
      @Reaper136Killer 5 лет назад +1

      Tano Strelok mayans

    • @MVangelmx
      @MVangelmx 5 лет назад +1

      The Mayas were too

    • @Someone-mm5es
      @Someone-mm5es 5 лет назад +8

      @@theboyntonbuddies they weren't killing people because they were sadist, they thought the world would burn and end if they didnt. It's the same thing with christians killing witches and heretics.

    • @Falco561
      @Falco561 4 года назад

      Cegesh i think the aztecs and mayans are more interesting. Actually, everything that relates to mexico’s past civilizations such as the olmecs, toltecs, aztecs, mayans. Astronomy, vast agriculture, their structures that were built the size of present day mexico city, pyramids, their beliefs, mythology ect. Mexico and the many mesoamerican countries are great for this.

  • @rafaelpastorramos5997
    @rafaelpastorramos5997 4 года назад +61

    1:55
    A common example of this here is Mexico is the fact that you can still find some women named: Xochilt
    It literally means flower

    • @gabval81
      @gabval81 3 года назад +20

      Itzel, Ixchell, Citlali, Ilayali, Nayeli.

  • @spellwing777
    @spellwing777 5 лет назад +67

    thank you for this series. It's INVALUABLE for anyone wanting to write a believable story that is based on historical societies. Showing the day-to-day events that a complex society is built on adds depth to writing I couldn't otherwise construct on my own.

  • @yourfavorite7518
    @yourfavorite7518 Год назад +11

    Their learning system makes so much sense. Learning basic life skills in their early life. And the learning the other stuff later. It just makes a lot of sense.

  • @kassyyar97
    @kassyyar97 5 лет назад +114

    Thank you so much! As a prehispanic history enthusiast I really am glad with the accuracy of the information you’ve given, it gave me so many flashbacks of what it was like to study Aztec history in my library
    Muchas gracias!

  • @Redgoo2
    @Redgoo2 5 лет назад +261

    Someone out there there's a family of mice with wonderfully white teeth

    • @GlowstoneWolf
      @GlowstoneWolf 5 лет назад +6

      those teeth are heirlooms now

    • @cflo1386
      @cflo1386 5 лет назад +3

      Lmao

    • @Cloverfr
      @Cloverfr 5 лет назад +14

      Fun fact: In Latin America there is not tooth fairy, it is a mouse that recolects the teeth, and now I can see why is like that.

    • @elizavetadevyatko2396
      @elizavetadevyatko2396 5 лет назад +1

      Cloverfr I’m from Russia and we have it too! I now see that it, somehow, came to us from Latin America

    • @Albert_Herring
      @Albert_Herring 4 года назад

      @@Cloverfr Quit your bullshit!

  • @declanm6887
    @declanm6887 5 лет назад +289

    Could you do a growing up video about children in medieval Europe? In cultures such as the Norse, the Anglo-Saxons and late medieval Christian societies, it would be interesting to see a video on growing up.

    • @itstriplem2069
      @itstriplem2069 5 лет назад +4

      would be very interesting

    • @danielpincu6030
      @danielpincu6030 5 лет назад +2

      Rome

    • @cometmoon4485
      @cometmoon4485 5 лет назад +32

      ...Because there isn't enough discussion about Christian Europe in the world.

    • @animalobsessed1
      @animalobsessed1 5 лет назад +60

      @@cometmoon4485 That's right. People only ever talk about them killing each other, as if that's the only thing they ever did.

    • @spelcheak
      @spelcheak 5 лет назад +15

      @@cometmoon4485 There isn't.

  • @bigbawlzlebowski8886
    @bigbawlzlebowski8886 5 лет назад +177

    Growing up Aztec sounds like a reality show that should be on fox.

  • @manuelramirez-qd2mz
    @manuelramirez-qd2mz 5 лет назад +311

    Women were also able to pursue careers other than the home or religious services. They were judges, craftswomen, lawyers, porters, traders, etc. Great video by the way.

    • @OverseerMoti
      @OverseerMoti 5 лет назад +45

      @Hoàng Nguyên Maybe it was exactly why, considering the social norms Spain had back then.

    • @aleale6277
      @aleale6277 5 лет назад +15

      Never heard of it, source?

    • @jerry250ify
      @jerry250ify 5 лет назад +26

      @Hoàng Nguyên yeah, lets just ignore the thousands of people killed in human sacrifice every year.
      Fuck off you absolute mongs
      Conqistator Cortez, do it again!

    • @DarkwaveMistress
      @DarkwaveMistress 5 лет назад +90

      @@jerry250ify lol that's an exaggeration. All the city states of Mesoamerica together wouldn't have been able to provide thousands of sacrifices. That's just invader propaganda.

    • @manuelramirez-qd2mz
      @manuelramirez-qd2mz 5 лет назад +4

      One book for some sources is, "1491" by Charles C. Mann.

  • @alexbenavidez4500
    @alexbenavidez4500 5 лет назад +167

    "At 7 years old, boys finally put on a dang breechcloth"
    Lmao. What was wrong with the commando style? Probs a lot comfier in the hot climate

    • @queent1383
      @queent1383 5 лет назад +21

      I expected them to start wearing pants once they hit puberty honestly

    • @IIDESPERAD0II
      @IIDESPERAD0II 4 года назад +23

      High elevation. Not hot up here in Mexico City. Lows around 1 or 2 degrees.

    • @magtovi
      @magtovi 4 года назад

      Ding ding ding.
      This!

    • @intiorozco5063
      @intiorozco5063 4 года назад +13

      It can be quite chilly in Mexico City. It's 2250 m high. That's why I always wonder if they had warmer clothing, since we always see pics of Aztecs wearing nothing more than loincloths and capes.

    • @hannaha8062
      @hannaha8062 3 года назад +2

      It’s not that hot dude, the mexicas were far from living in a dessert

  • @XillowLinoue
    @XillowLinoue 4 года назад +45

    We have this "step over" habit also in Haitian culture. There is also that mindset of if someone pass a broom over your feet consciously or accidentally, you'll never get married.

  • @exceedinc
    @exceedinc 4 года назад +69

    Some of these customs are still used in modern days for Mexica (not Aztec) children growing up. Many of our customs have been handed down, I recall my late grandmother speaking to me about our culture in Nahuatl. The culture is still very much alive.

    • @Jorora
      @Jorora Год назад +2

      That’s awesome bro! I wish more of us Mexicans spoke Nahuatl but even these customs were passed on to those of us who only know Spanish. A lot of people in Guatemala still speak a bunch of Mayan dialects but we usually just have to settle for having a Spanish that has a lot of nahuatl sprinkled in

  • @kinglouiev9530
    @kinglouiev9530 5 лет назад +114

    How they grow up in Fatimid Egypt? Tang China? Byzantine Empire? Feudal Japan? Al Andalus? Medieval Scandinavia? Tibetan Empire?

    • @GY-bd9bo
      @GY-bd9bo 5 лет назад +11

      The Aztecs did not ever venture into any of those places.

    • @nathankuszewski4579
      @nathankuszewski4579 5 лет назад +2

      GY1415 nice one

    • @kinglouiev9530
      @kinglouiev9530 5 лет назад +8

      GY1415 I know the Aztecs didn’t have the horse or the ship to travel to those places but I wanna see how people grew up in other cultures.

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 5 лет назад +2

      King Louie V Yeah. I’d love to see episodes of those too.

    • @Someone-mm5es
      @Someone-mm5es 5 лет назад +3

      @@GY-bd9bo Never heard of the The Sunset invasion? Clearly you are brainwashed

  • @Krisenaa
    @Krisenaa 5 лет назад +142

    I'm actually surprised by how lenient their punishments were, and how late they started school and training. When I think of civilizations like these, I expect everything to be extremely harsh. Though society is probably harsher in practice than the idealized theory. You never know what's going on inside a family's four walls.

    • @LashknifeTalon
      @LashknifeTalon 5 лет назад +43

      I think it's actually quite fascinating that all the punishments were WORSE for the aristocrats than for the commoners; like in the mock battles. If you're a commoner, you get itchy powder rubbed all over you. If you're a noble, you get STABBED. Kind of drives home a "we expect great things from you in exchange for your power" lesson.
      ...kind of the opposite of how things are today in many societies.

    • @Krisenaa
      @Krisenaa 5 лет назад +5

      Yeah, it sounds really impressive, though, knowing human nature, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of nobles somehow managed to pull threads to get away from it.

    • @jordandehart6905
      @jordandehart6905 5 лет назад +9

      I know, right? I've been interested in the Aztec civilizations my entire life, and while I knew they had lots of sophisticated stuff (especially medical and architectural), I never knew the day-to-day society was like this. I guess I always pictured historical figures as larger than life characters, that sometimes I forget we've always been human. Fascinating stuff.

    • @teoxihuitl2007
      @teoxihuitl2007 5 лет назад +2

      @@jordandehart6905 if you love Mexica culture why not visit Central mexico most of our Culture comes from them or you could also visit a Nahuatl villgae near Mexico city

    • @hanyu_dada
      @hanyu_dada 5 лет назад

      sure and the police and politicians are supposed to get harsher punishments too and we all know that is bullshit

  • @connorgolden4
    @connorgolden4 5 лет назад +142

    I love this channel.

  • @purplespeckledappleeater8738
    @purplespeckledappleeater8738 5 лет назад +22

    Whenever I hear of everyday life as an Aztek, they seemed pretty happy and the kind of upbringing described in this video sounded very similar to how I was raised.

  • @maffel9451
    @maffel9451 5 лет назад +63

    Could you please do the same thing about north american tribes. I love their history and their ways but there's not much on it in the internet.

    • @oscarmeneurubio3330
      @oscarmeneurubio3330 2 года назад

      very easy, english got there kill around 99% of them, make buffalo extinction. Thats why you dont know much about it, because they accused Spain about what they did. So nowadays they look Spain as the bad guys and England and USA looks like cool. That was a more than 200 year brainwashing, to divide, hispanic people, to make hispanic american hate their real roots, so when they go to USA because their shitty economies, they think, it was spanish people fault

  • @LandelRey
    @LandelRey 5 лет назад +84

    2:38 so that's where "mal de ojo" comes from

    • @amaliasilva7518
      @amaliasilva7518 4 года назад +7

      When I was born, mi Moma clinged a small red ribbon to my onesie, for preventing the mal de ojo.

  • @BothHands1
    @BothHands1 5 лет назад +41

    Loved this video! In fact, it's my favorite video on Aztec culture I've seen so far.
    Your drawings were soooo cute!!!
    Really made me imagine growing up in Aztec culture, feeling that being a commoner might not be so bad. A simpler life than that in the 21st century, but quaint and pleasant. So many experiences throughout the history of humanity, in different lands and different times, I sometimes feel jealous that I'll never experience them myself. But this is the next best thing, and it's been fun to imagine. Thanks for this vid!

    • @InvictaHistory
      @InvictaHistory  5 лет назад +9

      Well I'm so happy you enjoyed! You can thank our artist Beverly Johnson for her awesome illustrations. As I mentioned in this video, if you like this type of thing you should listen to the Great Courses Plus lecture on everyday Aztec life. You can sign up for free using this link they gave me: ow.ly/Q8BZ30nBBQT

    • @ab9840
      @ab9840 5 лет назад

      @Danielle Spargo - You said being a commoner might not be so bad. But the video showed how it was for people who lived in the Capital city of Tenochtitlan. What about those that lived in the rural areas outside of the Capital city. And could rural people easily move to the Capital city or not.

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 5 лет назад

      A&B
      Well, i meant the commoners referenced in this video. I suppose they may be upper-middle class because of where they live? But he did go over different classes who lived in the city, and there were lower classes who went to different schools and had different lives to the elites, so i guess i meant them.
      I'm sure there may have been destitute people living on the outskirts of the civilization, but since they weren't covered in the vid, i really can't say whether their lives would have been good or not.
      But it seems to me that even the life of the specific commoners referenced in this video would have been pleasant, at least as far as i can tell.

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 5 лет назад

      Native Pride
      First off, i was referring to the pics by Beverly Johnson.

    • @ab9840
      @ab9840 5 лет назад +2

      @Danielle Spargo - It seems I found the answer to those in the Aztec empire that lived outside the Capital in rural areas/outside cities. Seems a number of commoners outside the capital tended to do somewhat better then those in the Capital since they did not have the constant eye of the Aztec government looking at what they produced or traded. Just think of it like cheating on taxes in modern times. Some things never change. Ha Ha!
      Article which is quite informative - www.scientificamerican.com/article/life-in-the-provinces-of-the-aztec-2005-01/

  • @USNavyVet_STG
    @USNavyVet_STG 4 года назад +11

    3 minutes in, and I saw many parallels to my child hood.
    Some things never change.

  • @lorraineclark4413
    @lorraineclark4413 5 лет назад +63

    Thank you for not having a long intro of blah, blah, blah and getting down to business right away. I HATE long intros!

    • @somegrill7561
      @somegrill7561 4 года назад

      Lorraine Clark okay boomer

    • @issgz557
      @issgz557 4 года назад

      @somegrill
      ok boomer

  • @frankcruz8725
    @frankcruz8725 5 лет назад +565

    And I thought “la chancla” was bad

    • @christinabarajas4692
      @christinabarajas4692 5 лет назад +11

      I got a belt.... My mom and dad whould whip me with it when ever I was bad or arguing my dad would literally stop the car to whip me and my brother if we were fighting in a trip

    • @asteriasheria2053
      @asteriasheria2053 5 лет назад +8

      Honest it never hurt me when my mom would hit me with a shoe, so my aunt use a tree branch.

    • @Zeldafan1ify
      @Zeldafan1ify 5 лет назад +19

      "Mijo, la chancla es para los bebes, back in my day, it was the dreadful chili PEPPER SMOKE" - ancient grandmother

    • @aquariusvibe7851
      @aquariusvibe7851 5 лет назад

      Hahahhaha

    • @s.b.8258
      @s.b.8258 5 лет назад +2

      My mom used whatever was at hand, even wooden spoons.

  • @hyungyu2934
    @hyungyu2934 5 лет назад +28

    I wish this came out while I was doing middle school history project a while back :/

  • @LynnieLovey
    @LynnieLovey 4 года назад +16

    I love this series so much!! Honestly some of the best content in RUclips. Thank you for all the time you put into these, it really shows.

  • @Simon-ow6td
    @Simon-ow6td 5 лет назад +26

    Wow, the artist made an amazing job! Love the art style so much!

  • @YoJesusMorales
    @YoJesusMorales 5 лет назад +64

    This makes me think they found taller people more attractive. I find the stretching ceremony unusual, nowadays when a kid stretches their ears or noses in weird shapes, people usually say that their face is going to stay that way. I also think they would notice that taller parents have generally taller offspring.
    I wonder how much of a record, they kept, of names and population when they had to enforce schooling.

  • @mariadumitru3962
    @mariadumitru3962 5 лет назад +104

    2:49 In Romania, we have this superstition as well. I was laughing at my little cousing the other day for believing that she would stay small because I had stepped over her.

  • @macgherhardt1061
    @macgherhardt1061 4 года назад +61

    Thank you for this video! I'm 50% native Mexican and my ancestors include Zapotec, Chichimec, Huastec, and Aztec. You can really tell the character of the Mexican people has been constant for centuries, even after colonization. It was a very strong character that influenced whoever got in touch with it. It happens today, Mexico influences all of Latin America and Spain (not to mention the U.S.). I think that it happened 500 years ago, because the Spaniards then, wrote with great admiration of the Mexica culture, cities, language (of course they hated the human sacrifice and warlike skills), and I think that a lot of Mexican ways made their way back to Spain, and by extension, to other parts where the Spaniards went: South America, Africa, South Asia, Philippines, Guam. It is no wonder that the tomato, avocado, chocolate and chillies made their way throughout the world. This is only a guess, except for the food, everybody knows these originated in Mexico; but I think that the world's cultures today are a total mix, and there is no such thing as a "pure" culture.

  • @justsomeguy3931
    @justsomeguy3931 5 лет назад +8

    I love this! The world needs to see more of this, it's the dominant human experience. Not war or politics.

  • @henriquenakamura5752
    @henriquenakamura5752 5 лет назад +10

    Goes to show how much we underestimate the people of the past. I had never even thought about this subject.
    Thank you for the amazing video!

  • @RealmRabbit
    @RealmRabbit 5 лет назад +7

    This channel is so great because you talk about aspects of life that are rarely covered elsewhere on RUclips channels that discuss history... It's the more simpler things that you wouldn't even really think to consider... Good niche content :D

  • @LovePinku6
    @LovePinku6 5 лет назад +1931

    I guess someone stepped over me as a child and never stepped back--

    • @lizzychrome7630
      @lizzychrome7630 5 лет назад +127

      I'm pretty sure someone stepped ON me. My head, specifically.

    • @mirusama7045
      @mirusama7045 5 лет назад +40

      What I find surprising is that we have the exact same superstition in Poland. My grandma always forbade my brothers to step over me. Pity they didn't listen 😂

    • @kenishinobi666
      @kenishinobi666 5 лет назад

      Same

    • @user-gv6ku2bj7p
      @user-gv6ku2bj7p 5 лет назад +6

      That blew my mind because that is an oral tradition in my family (latino) never knew where it came from until now

    • @derranlawston4052
      @derranlawston4052 5 лет назад +2

      Miru Sama in the US where I live, we say if you step over someone’s LEGS they stop growing

  • @gabriellathewise
    @gabriellathewise 4 года назад +44

    Mexicans still do calendar names and personal names, but our calendar name is the name of the saint who’s feast day was on our birth. And the calendar name isn’t on official forms, but family knows it.

  • @lcronovt
    @lcronovt 5 лет назад +20

    I’m Mexican and this is never taught on schools.
    Glad you are making this videos

    • @juanbermudez6489
      @juanbermudez6489 5 лет назад +5

      I’m Mexican too and actually I was thought this at school. More attention please.
      Saludos :)

    • @fernandaanaya2551
      @fernandaanaya2551 5 лет назад +5

      ¿Qué pedo? Si nos lo enseñan. A mi me lo mencionaron en la secundaria, y ya en la prepa me los explicaron con mas detalles (todo lo del video).
      Pero estoy de acuerdo en que deberían de explicar mas a fondo la vida de las culturas antiguas, personalmente creo que se enfoncan demasiado en la Mexica y olvidan a la cultura Maya.

    • @astramanification
      @astramanification 5 лет назад +2

      lcronovt Debiste de haber puesto más atención compa

    • @19ars92
      @19ars92 5 лет назад +1

      eres chicano o pocho como te van a enseñar eso animal
      en gringolandia te enseñan sobre washington y Kennedy no sobre los tlatoanis y el Popol Vuh

    • @matzmilan7780
      @matzmilan7780 5 лет назад

      Si lo enseñan, tanto en historia de México, como en historia universal.

  • @krosus7653
    @krosus7653 5 лет назад +24

    thanks for doing these videos. it shows you can do other topics and do it well

  • @prequelczar
    @prequelczar 5 лет назад +157

    "teeth thrown into mouse holes"?
    Is this where the "ratoncito perez" myth comes from?

    • @ethanwall2443
      @ethanwall2443 5 лет назад +5

      Hmm tell me of this story

    • @prequelczar
      @prequelczar 5 лет назад +53

      Tiger Claw252
      It’s basically, the Spanish/Latin American version of the “Tooth fairy”
      From where I’m from, we throw our milk teeth into the roof of our houses. The myth says that a little mouse called Perez comes to collect them later.
      I’m assuming that the connection between teeth and mice comes from pre-Colombian days, and the Spanish just adopted it.

    • @MaylocBrittinorum
      @MaylocBrittinorum 5 лет назад +14

      In Spain we also have that tradition, but we leave the teeth under a pillow so during the night the Ratoncito Pérez will take it, leaving money or some small toy instead. Funny to see that an Aztec tradition may be behind that.

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 5 лет назад +15

      It also exists in Spain, sure, but it may have originated in Mexico. At least that's my suspicion after watching this video.

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 5 лет назад +13

      I'm looking up those myths and seem quite modern. El Ratoncito Pérez is first attested as a tale written for King Alfonso XIII, then a kid, in 1894, the Tooth Fairy is not attested as such before 1908. However vaguely similar legends and traditions did exist since at least the age of Vikings.
      Hmmm... the legend of Le Petite Souris (the little she-mouse) is extremely similar to that of both the Tooth Fairy and Ratoncito Pérez (but surely more to the latter), it is French and is documented from the 17th century.

  • @EddVCR
    @EddVCR 3 года назад +5

    The illustrations of the babies and children are adorable ☺️

  • @confusedwolf7157
    @confusedwolf7157 5 лет назад +136

    eating quietly. a lost skill huh?

    • @dyllanfreiheit6330
      @dyllanfreiheit6330 5 лет назад +8

      Confused Wolf Defiantly a lost skill. Hate those people who eats noisy especially the ones who slurps on their noodles, it makes me sick......

    • @uhlillie
      @uhlillie 5 лет назад +18

      what about those who grew up in a culture where eating loudly shows your gratitude for the food and for the cook?

    • @schnoz2372
      @schnoz2372 5 лет назад +13

      we have hot cheetos now bro we dont have time to be quiet

    • @seribelz
      @seribelz 5 лет назад

      a thank you would do

    • @ilikellamas6682
      @ilikellamas6682 5 лет назад

      Yeah white people be like “these tacos are so good I love the hard shell tacos”

  • @cloin6
    @cloin6 4 года назад +19

    I'd be really curious to learn what it was like for the ancient golden era African civilizations such as the Ghana, Mali, or Songhai Empires or Kush, Aksum, or even Egypt.

  • @jeezysenjux5310
    @jeezysenjux5310 5 лет назад +72

    These are my ancestors and I am happy to know more about them but When will you do part 4 of The Great Jewish Revolt against the Romans?

    • @Rickyrab
      @Rickyrab 5 лет назад +1

      And now you're probably talking about my ancestors. (Possibly on both sides if what they say about European Jews being related to Italians is true)

    • @TheAncientMysteriesBeckon
      @TheAncientMysteriesBeckon 5 лет назад +3

      Lmao, no one is talking to you Rabinowitz.
      Go back to Shul.

    • @Delicious_J
      @Delicious_J 5 лет назад

      D. King nobody's talking to you either.

    • @jO-wp5vf
      @jO-wp5vf 5 лет назад +1

      Jeezy 71 hate to disappoint you but the chances of you having aztec blood are slim to none. 95% of their population was eliminated , you’re just a mixture of other mesoamerican tribes and euro conquistadors. Sorry but the Aztecs aren’t your ancestors I guarantee you that.

    • @JohnDoe-rk7ej
      @JohnDoe-rk7ej 5 лет назад

      @@jO-wp5vf The Aztecs didn't get wiped out..They integrated and got converted into catholics. The few Spaniards that ruled 'New Spain' at the time consisted of only 10% of the population. Mexico's agenda was for their Ethnic Population to be 'Mestizo' or mixed Aztec/Spanish. Noble Spaniard Men were not aloud to have Native wives if they wanted high Status so they brought many european women after they Annexed Teotihuacan (Mexico-city). Today, Majorty of Mexicans are straight descendants of aztecs. 30% of Mexico is Pure indeginous, while 60% are Mestizo(mixed). 10% are pure European descendant according to recent consensus. As far as there being a difference between Aztec and surrounding tribes such as maya cherokee yaqui etc. They all are apart of the uto-Aztecan family and are all Nahuatl people. Nahuatl people consisted of hundreds of different tribes. Different tribes, same people. Aztec empire's influence Spanned from modern day Wisconsin down to the bottom of central America. Look up the Aztec pyramids discovered in Wisconsin. You simply cannot underestimate how vast of an empire and how far their influence streched. Hence why we are still alive and well today as a testimony to our strength. As a Mexican i did a DNA test im 60% Native i descend from the Yaqui tribe which is a Nahuatl people also part of the Uto-Aztecan Language. I share DNA with Aztecs, thats whether you like it or not. Sorry, bud. Education is key to all my Mexican and/or Latinos! know your history dont let them take it from you.

  • @Iluvrocket
    @Iluvrocket Год назад +11

    I’m surprised at the many common values we share. After you talked about school rivalries, I immediately desired a shonen anime set in ancient Mesoamérica! 😂

  • @rickmoonchild
    @rickmoonchild 5 лет назад +36

    What beautiful drawings. What made you so interested in the Aztec?

    • @InvictaHistory
      @InvictaHistory  5 лет назад +22

      It was actually a Patron who requested the first Aztec video and then I just ran with the topic.

    • @rickmoonchild
      @rickmoonchild 5 лет назад +5

      @@InvictaHistory you did a marvelous job!

  • @nothanks131
    @nothanks131 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks for doing these Aztec videos, I look forward to them always!

  • @schnoz2372
    @schnoz2372 5 лет назад +10

    by far my favorite civilization to study, with the romans as a close second

    • @texasborn2720
      @texasborn2720 5 лет назад +6

      I agree. I love leaning about Native-Americans. Romans and for me Asian history. Too bad Hollywood don't see the potential of fascinating stories of Native-Americans. Just as well. Hollywood don't do a good job being historically accurate.

  • @marthaalcala5034
    @marthaalcala5034 5 лет назад +9

    This blew my mind. I was born in Zacatecas Mexico and was raised there for most my life. When I was little my older sibling would step over me and joke around saying I would grow anymore, at the time I thought it was a serious thing.

    • @siveheart1
      @siveheart1 4 года назад

      My maternal grandmother's family is originally from Zacatecas. It's amazing how small the world is at times.