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The Aztec creation story

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The Aztecs believed the world was created and destroyed four times, before the final creation, or Fifth Sun, which marked the start of the Aztec calendar.Β 

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This creation story was known as the Five Suns.

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The story of the First Sun (Four-Jaguar) says that the gods’ first creations fell into the water beneath them and were eatenΒ by a giant crocodile.Β 

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Rivalry between sibling gods Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca led the sun to be knocked from the sky and jaguars to eat all the people.Β 

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In the story of the Second Sun (Four-Wind), creation was ruled by Qyetzalcoatl, and ended when Tezcatlipoca cast Quetzalcoatl off his throne and destroyed the world with Hurricanes.

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The third creation (Four-Rain) was governed by Tlaloc and destroyed by fiery rain sent by Quetzalcoatl.Β 

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The Fourth Sun (Four-Water) belonged to Chalchiuhtlicue and ended with a flood, its human inhabitants turned into fish.

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