Aztec Death Whistle: What are Aztec death whistles for? What is a screaming Aztec death whistle?

The extraordinary ‘death whistle’ was exclusively used in several zones of ancient Mexico and belongs to a very unusual family of Mexican resonators that are not well known and which can produce special sounds imitating animal calls and the noise of the wind or storms.

It is not a common whistle or musical instrument.

However, it has been associated with death rituals by its decorated face of a skull and with the wind because two examples were found in the hands of a sacrificed male skeleton in front of the Ehecatl (wind god) temple at Tlatelolco.

What are Aztec death whistles for?

The instruments are known as “whistles of death” because historians believe they were used to help guide sacrificial victims on their journey to the afterlife.

Another theory also claims that hundreds of the instruments were used in unison to scare enemies during battle.

What is a screaming Aztec death whistle?

Terrifying instruments of religion and war, were used by Ancient Aztecs to summon spirits and create horror and fear wherever they went.

These whistles were believed to emit a scream that sounds like a woman being tortured in horrible agony.