Aztec history is divided into five doomed solar ages
The Aztecs viewed time as a series of four failed experiments, believing we currently live in the fifth and final age destined to end in earthquakes.
Aztec cosmology was defined by a terrifying cycle of destruction and rebirth known as the Five Suns. Each of the four previous eras ended in a spectacular apocalypse: the first was ended by jaguars devouring the population, the second by world-altering hurricanes, the third by a rain of fire, and the fourth by a catastrophic flood. These weren't just stories; they were a calendar of cosmic fragility.
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