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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.
Mesoamerica symbolica 7-4
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Mesoamerica symbolica 7-5
The story of the First Sun (Four-Jaguar) says that the godsβ 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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Mesoamerica symbolica 7-16
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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Mesoamerica symbolica 7-18
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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