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The Aztecs believed that part of your soul left your body when you slept, and existed in the dream world as a Nagual, if that Nagual got hurt you would be hurt in real life. Where exactly did this soul go during sleep? Where did this dream world exist within their religion? One of the 13 heavens?

by /u/Chicano_Ducky in /r/AskHistorians

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