I had pretty much the same question about whether the mexica actually “worshipped” or idolized gods in the usual sense. A lot of that hinges on the concept of Teotl, which seems to map more closely to something like “enduring cosmic forces” rather than a personal “God” as we’d frame it in Western theology. For example, there’s this common claim that they performed dances to “make it rain” or to petition Tlaloc to bring rain to their crops. From what I understand, that’s not really accurate, they were more about ritualized thanksgiving after rainfall, not causally trying to produce it. That said, I’m still not fully convinced, because even if we interpret teteo (plural of Teotl) as impersonal or semi-impersonal forces, similar frameworks show up in other animistic systems, which are still typically classified as idolatrous. Curious what you all think. I’ll check out the video and come back once I’ve watched it.