h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

dec 12, 2012
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Ocelotonatjuh (Jaguar Sun): First
Mythical Epoch


Epoch of Ocelotonatjuh (The Jaguar Sun), was the first and most remote of the four cosmogonic epochs. In this epoch lived the
giants created by the gods. They did not till the soil, they lived in caves, ate wild fruits and roots, and were in the end attacked and
devoured by the jaguars. This basic epoch of the Aztecs is related to the geological quaternary period. As indicated by the discovery
of bones of pre-diluvian animals found in deep ravines under dense Lithoshperic layers.




Ehecatonatiuh (The Winds Sun):
Second Mythical Epoch


The human race was in danger of being destroyed by tremendous hurricanes, but the gods transformed men into apes so they could
hold on better with four hands and not be carried away by hurricanes. This is the reason for the resemblence between men and
simians. The epoch received its name because they found huge forests flattened by cyclones.

natiuh's Face


Tonatiuh's Face is the face of the sun, Lord of Heaven, around which takes place all daily and periodic phenomena. The crown,
nose-pendant, ear-rings and necklace are magnificent, as must be the ornaments characteristic of this deity. The hair is blond, due
to the golden appearance of the sun. The wrinkles on the face show age and maturity. And the tongue, stuck out is the form of an
obsidian knife, indicates that the diety demands to be fed with blood and human hearts.



Quiauhtonatiuh (Rain of Fire Sun):
Third Mythical Epoch


Quiauhtonatiuh (Rain of Fire Sun). Third cosmogonic epoch, in which everything is extinguished by rain of lava and fire. Men were
transformed at this time into birds , thus being saved from the cataclysm. They justified this belief with the traces of volcanic activity
and with the discovery of numerous huts and skeletons buried under layers of lava and ashes.



The Sun God is supposedly suspended in space by its claws. We see a chalchihuite bracelet and eye with eyebrow and a human
heart in its claw.




Creation #1 The Sun of Precious Stones. Man destroyed by Jaguars on 4 - Tiger (caused by Tezcatlipoca).
Creation #2 The Sun of Darkness. Man destroyed by Wind on 12 - Serpent (hurricane caused by Quetzelcoatl).
Creation #3 The Sun of Fire. Man destroyed by a Rain of Fire on 7 - Flint (volcanic eruption caused by Tezcatlipoca)
Creation #4 The Sun of Water. All humankind is destroyed by a Flood on 4 - Flower (caused by Tlaloc)
Creation #5 The Sun of Movement. The present creation destined to end in 52 years by Earthquake.


As the legend goes, August 13, 1999 was the date the Aztecs, or the Mexica, would rise from the ashes of their broken condition to create a new Aztec empire and our entire world would come together in way that's never been done before...