In Aztec mythology, the creation and destruction of the world are explained through the concept of the "Five Suns." Each sun represents an era or age in which the gods created and then destroyed the world in various cataclysmic events.
Here's a brief overview of each sun:
End: This sun ended when jaguars devoured the giants, leading to the destruction of the world.
Nahui-Ocelotl, also known as the "Jaguar Sun" or the "First Sun," is the first era in Aztec mythology.
Creation: This sun was created by the gods as the very first era of the world.
This destruction marked the close of the First Sun.
The end of the First Sun by jaguars symbolizes the raw, primal power of nature and the gods' influence over the world.
The myth of Nahui-Ocelotl emphasizes the Aztec belief in the cyclical nature of creation and destruction, with each sun or era ending in a dramatic, transformative event.
The jaguar, a symbol of strength and fear, played a crucial role in the transition from the First Sun to the subsequent eras.
Description: The second sun was governed by Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god.
Creation: This sun was created by the gods after the end of the First Sun, Nahui-Ocelotl.
Description: Tlaloc, the god of rain, ruled this sun.
Nahui-Quiahuitl, also known as the "Rain Sun" or the "Third Sun," is one of the ages in Aztec mythology.
Creation: This sun was created by the gods after the end of the Second Sun, Nahui-Ehécatl.
Creation: This sun was created by the gods after the end of the Third Sun, Nahui-Quiahuitl.
Gods: Tonatiuh (the Sun God) and Tezcatlipoca
Description: The current age is ruled by Tonatiuh, who demanded blood sacrifices to ensure the sun would continue to move across the sky.
Future End: It is believed that this sun will end in massive earthquakes.
Gods: The primary deity associated with this sun is Tonatiuh, the Sun God.
According to the myth, the gods gathered at Teotihuacan to create a new sun after the previous four had been destroyed.
Two gods, Tecuciztecatl and Nanahuatzin, sacrificed themselves by leaping into a great fire, becoming the sun and the moon, respectively.
However, it was the sacrifice of other gods, who offered their blood to set the new sun in motion, that ensured Tonatiuh would rise and continue to move across the sky.
Human beings in this age are expected to provide regular blood sacrifices to keep the sun moving.
Conflict: Galileo supported the Copernican theory that the Earth orbits the sun, which was deemed heretical.
1524: Pedro de Alvarado, called the Adelantado, a Spanish title formerly given to a governor of a province, and by his Mexican allies, Tonatiuh, the Sun or Sun-God, reached the city of Gumarcaah, or Utlatlan in the early spring of 1524
Role: The Sun God
Nu is one of the eight deities of the Ogdoad, representing chaos from which the primordial mound arose, giving birth to the sun god Ra.
Different myths depict the sun's emergence from this primordial chaos, either directly from the mound or the lotus.
Depicted as a large figure with water ripples, holding a palm branch, sometimes frog-headed or greeting the sun as a baboon.
Depicted lifting the solar barque with the newborn sun.
By sailing according to these stars at night and the sun by day they felt confident that they could find the wonderful fire-land of Hawaii about which they had been taught in the stories of returned travellers.
who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars;
That was the figure of the sun; precisely such as had before been found amidst the ruins of Nineveh and Memphis, Tanta and Heliopolis; and consequently it spoke, not merely of four thousand five hundred, or five thousand years ago, but it speaks of the early days of the Chaldean empire; of commerce and art; and hints, not merely at the Jebusite reign, but of Ninus and of Nimrod.
They can no longer live on Earth as the sun gets closer, hotter.
Inner Earth is depicted as a beautiful place, with an ocean and a sun that is less intense than our surface sun, combining qualities of the sun and moon.
The inner Earth sun can be looked at directly without being blinding, unlike the surface sun.
The oceans in inner Earth are mentioned to move similarly to surface oceans, although it's not clear if there are tides influenced by the sun and moon as on the surface.
Bear waited until the sun began to set, but not one fish even nibbled at his tail.
By and by, someone noticed that the sun was beginning to go down.
Described as a subterranean haven, Telos is said to be lit by an artificial sun and consists of multiple levels with hydronic gardens, schools, and a pyramid-shaped temple.
The Cherokee refer to them as "Ani'tsutsa," the Daughters of the Sun, while the Lakota Sioux have stories linking the star cluster to creation myths and the spirit world.
We read of Arcturus, Orion—'the sweet belts of Orion,' of Pleiades, and 'the sweet chambers of the South,' and even with eclipses of sun and moon."
Control over Nature: Associated with the sun and had powers over light and health.
Ra is the ancient Egyptian sun god, often depicted with a falcon head and a sun disk on his head.
He represents the sun, creation, and kingship.
Role of Ra: Ra, another Blue Avian, played a role in amplifying the sun’s light codes to aid in human awakening and consciousness expansion.
There was light sufficient for my seeing supplied by oil lamps and shining stones, which were anointed by those empowered Atlantean priests and priestesses who knew how to bring down the light of the sun god Ra.
The equation, it also says, speaks of distances of the earth and of the planets and the suns.
We addressed one another as Son or Daughter of the sun, as those who kept the way of healing we were also known.
When we eat living foods pulsing with the light of Brother Sun, who pours out his love upon all without condition, we, too, can be more generous with our abundance.
"Usually I would awaken with the sun, go and bathe, and then I would break my fast.
A few lines will give you some idea of it: Father Sun, whose golden Disc is the symbol of the Inner Light, touch our hearts with your Sacred Fire at the dawning of this new day.
He set up the cult of the Sun-god Aten (or Aton) in opposition to the priesthood of Amon-Ra, and was certainly considered heretical by later Pharaohs.
Their manner of life was as follows: they rose before the sun, and no word was uttered until they had assembled together and, with faces turned towards the dawn, offered up prayers for the renewal of the light.
Surya (Hinduism), the Sun God, is depicted riding a chariot drawn by seven horses, representing the seven days of the week or the seven colors of the rainbow.
1 Now a great sign was seen in heaven — a woman clothed with the sun, under her feet the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Longer than the age of the Earth or the Sun and about half the time since the Big Bang.
Solar Dynasty (Suryavansha): This dynasty is said to have been founded by Ikshvaku, a son of the sun god Surya.
At our solar system’s distance from the center — 26,000 light years or about halfway from center to edge — it takes the sun about 225 million years to make one revolution around the Milky Way.