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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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