Title Aztec Religion, a North American Great Tradition Today a polytheistic religion. Civilizations-societies with urban and rural aspects, and specialization of occupational roles tend to have polytheistic ideas. Polytheistic religions also tend to a religious bureaucracy.
Monotheism also develops in the great civilizations.
Notion of one high god does not preclude a variety of other supernatural beings. Today we examine the belief system of the Aztecs. Began as Chichimecs. Chased into swamp by angered civilized peoples of Valley of Mexico. Aztec society very complex.