 The people had to make sacrifices to him to protect the Aztec from infinite night.He wielded Xiuhcoatl as a weapon, associating him with fire.As noted by the Spaniards during their discovery and conquest of Mexico (wherein they recorded the deity's name as Huichilobos), human sacrifice was common in worship ceremonies, which took place frequently and in numerous temples throughout the region, and when performed they typically sacrificed multiple victims per day at a given temple.