HUM 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Quetzalcoatl, Coatlicue
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Five worlds and five suns were created, each following after the next when it was destroyed. The first world had the sun of the earth, the second the sun of the air, the third the sun of the rain of fire, and the fourth the sun of the water. Each world had people that behaved horribly so they were destroyed. In the fourth world, the supreme being saved one human couple by instructing them to hide in a tree trunk and eat corn. The couple disobeyed the directions and ate fish so the gods turned them into dogs. When creating the fifth world, the gods asked for help from nanautzin and a fancier god who only cared about recognition. In order to create the sun, nanautzin sacrificed himself in a fire and the other god was hesitant. Nanautzin was honored and believed to be a form of.
