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Man like Gods ...
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Figure 1. The
Fifth Sun of World Age - created at Teotihuacán - is ruled by
Tonatiuh, the sun: «the soaring eagle (quauhtleoanitl),
the turquoise prince (xipilli),
the god (teutl)» (FC,
Book VIII: 1).
In
the center of the so-called Aztec Sun Stone the face of Tonatiuh is
seen surrounded by the signs of the previous destroyed eras
simbolising their days and ways of destruction: Ocelot, Wind, Rain
(of Fire), and Water. The Fifth Sun - the present age - will be
destroyed by earthquakes.
Source of the illustration: Alfonso
Caso «El Pueblo del Sol» (1953), p. 48.
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Figure 2. Sala de la revolucion. Pinturas
murales por David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1967. Museo Nacional de Historia
- Castillo de Chapultepec. México.