The Aztec Ban on Alcohol: Pulque and Social Control

Long before the Spanish arrived, the Aztec state enforced a strict ban on public intoxication — punishable by death for commoners. Lucas and Luna explore the role of pulque, the fermented agave drink sacred to the goddess Mayahuel, and how the Mexica rulers used sumptuary laws to maintain social order. They discuss the ritual exceptions for elders and festivals, the four-hundred rabbit gods of drunkenness, and the double standard for the pipiltin nobility. Drawing on the Florentine Codex and Bernardino de Sahagún, this episode reveals how alcohol policy became a tool of imperial control in Tenochtitlan — and how the Spanish would later dismantle those bans entirely. #Aztec #Pulque #Mayahuel #FlorentineCodex #BernardinoDeSahagun #Mexica #Tenochtitlan #Pipiltin #Macehualtin #Nahuatl #SumptuaryLaws #CentzonTotochtin #OmeTochtli #SocialControl #Mesoamerica #AlcoholHistory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo