Five Suns

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Five Suns is a central Aztec cosmological myth describing successive eras of creation and destruction, each ruled by a different sun god.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Five Suns canonical 1
Five Suns myth 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aztec myth
Mesoamerican myth
cosmological myth
associatedDeityFifthSun Tonatiuh
associatedDeityFirstSun Tezcatlipoca
associatedDeityFourthSun Chalchiuhtlicue
associatedDeitySecondSun Quetzalcoatl
associatedDeityThirdSun Tlaloc
centralTo Aztec cosmology
Mexica religion
cosmicAxis axis mundi
cosmicCenter Tenochtitlan
culture Aztec
linked to: Aztec culture

Mexica
describes successive eras of creation and destruction
fifthSunProphesiedToEndBy earthquakes
firstSunDestroyedBy jaguars
fourthSunDestroyedBy flood
water
hasFifthSunName Nahui Ollin
hasFifthSunTranslation 4 Movement
hasFirstSunName Nahui Ocelotl
hasFirstSunTranslation 4 Jaguar
hasFourthSunName Nahui Atl
hasFourthSunTranslation 4 Water
hasLanguage Classical Nahuatl
hasNumberOfSuns 5
hasSecondSunName Nahui Ehecatl
hasSecondSunTranslation 4 Wind
hasTheme cosmic instability
divine conflict
sacrifice
hasThirdSunName Nahui Quiahuitl
hasThirdSunTranslation 4 Rain
includesConcept cosmic renewal
cyclical time
world ages
influencedBy earlier Mesoamerican creation myths
linkedRitual New Fire ceremony
recordsPreservedIn Codex Chimalpopoca
Codex Ríos
linked to: Codex Borgia
recordsPreservedIn Codex Vaticanus A
Florentine Codex
region Central Mexico
secondSunDestroyedBy hurricanes
wind
thirdSunDestroyedBy fiery rain
fire rain
timeDepth Postclassic Mesoamerica

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Aztec mythology hasConcept Five Suns
Nahua cultural sphere hasCosmology Five Suns myth
linked to: Five Suns