Chapter 596 The Five Solar Ages of the New World

History and mythology are linked.

When a country or civilization prospers, the patron god of this country or civilization will also become the king of gods.

When a country or civilization weakens, the patron god of this country or civilization will also lose the throne of the king of gods.

Therefore, the changes in mythology can usually reflect the changes in history.

In the history of America, the Olmec culture began to flourish in 1500 BC.

In 900 BC, the Mayan civilization began and Central America entered the classical era.

From 300 BC to 900 AD, the Mayan culture entered its peak era.

In the 11th century AD, Central America entered the Bronze Age.

Around 1200 AD, the Inca Empire was established in South America.

In 1372 AD, the Aztec Empire was established in Central America.

As the latest civilized empire established, the Aztec mythology summarized five solar eras for the gods in Central America.

In the first solar era, the king of the gods was Tezcatlipoca.

As the king of the gods who ruled the first solar era, Tezcatlipoca was worshipped as the supreme god and the manipulator of human destiny.

He represents hurricanes, night winds, night sky, land, north, mysticism, beauty, leadership, war, quarrels, all interpersonal conflicts, as well as obsidian and divination.

He looks like a giant who can use thunder and lightning. He has a strange appearance, his whole body is black, his skin color is as dark as the dark night, his face is painted with black and yellow stripes, and his right foot is smooth obsidian, which is the same as the magician of primitive religion.

In the ancient times tens of thousands of years ago, Tezcatlipoca may have the same origin as the god of thunder worshiped by the Aryans.

In the migration of ancient human tribes, the tribes that worshipped the god of thunder went all the way east, from the Asian continent to the Americas.

Some tribes that worshipped the god of thunder stayed in the Asian continent, and the worship of thunder in Eastern mythology came from this.

In the second solar era, the king of the gods was the feathered serpent Iocotl.

The feathered serpent Iocotl is also known as Kukulkan and Quetzalcoatl.

She is a god widely worshipped in Mesoamerican civilizations, generally depicted as a winged snake, and was first seen in the Olmec civilization that appeared in 1500 BC.

The feathered serpent Iocotl is the god who brings the rainy season in the minds of the Mayans, and is related to sowing, harvesting, and a bumper harvest.

As the incarnation of the ancient goddess of the earth, the feathered serpent Iocotl is the god in charge of agriculture and harvest, which is obviously a matter of course.

In fact, the feathered serpent Iocotl is an alien god, a northern god brought by the Toltecs when they ruled the Mayan city.

According to legend, the feathered serpent dominates Venus and brings corn to mankind.

The feathered serpent also represents death and rebirth and is the patron saint of priests.

There is also a myth in Greek mythology that Athena brought olives to mankind.

This is obviously not a coincidence.

It is the common mythological logic of the tribes that worship the goddess of the earth - the best crops come from the gifts of the goddess of the earth.

In the third solar era, the king of the gods is Tlaloc.

Tlaloc is the god of rain, water, and storms in Aztec mythology.

Tlaloc dominates rainfall and rainy seasons, and his duty is to bring rain from the sky to nourish the earth.

But it also brings disasters such as drought, floods, hail and storms, and plays an important role in agriculture and sacrifice.

Tlaloc's name means [from the land], and he is one of the most believed gods in Aztec civilization.

The image of Tlaloc has very distinctive characteristics. He has a pair of huge round eyes and long and sharp fangs. He usually holds a water jar in one hand and thunder and lightning in the other, symbolizing the duality of his divinity.

In Central America, people are particularly concerned about drought and the fertility of the land.

The climate in the Valley of Mexico where the Aztecs lived has distinct characteristics. After a long rainy season, it will enter a very dry season, so the gift of the rain god is considered very important.

Tlaloc has a very high status in the field of agriculture, and it can even be said to be supreme.

At the end of the dry season in April and May every year, all regions will hold ceremonies on the top of nearby mountains to pray for the gods to sprinkle rain on the earth again.

Tezcatlipoca, the king of the gods in the first sun era, is a male god and a god of thunder.

Iocotl, the king of the gods in the second sun era, is a goddess and a rain god.

Tlaloc, the king of the gods in the third sun era, is both a god of thunder and a god of rain. It seems that he has absorbed the divinity of Tezcatlipoca and Iocotl at the same time.

So Tlaloc is not a male god.

In the mythology of the Southern Inca Empire, the rain god Tlaloc is a goddess.

In some unearthed stone statues, the rain god Tlaloc also has the image of a young woman, wearing a traditional shawl and long skirt.

As a deity that combines the divinities of Tezcatlipoca, the god of thunder, and Iocotl, the god of feathers, into one, Tlaloc, the god of rain, is likely to be two in one, both a male god and a female god.

In the fourth solar era, the king of the gods was Chalchutlqui.

Chalchutlqui's name means "emerald skirt".

She is the goddess of rivers and lakes, and also the patron saint of fertility.

She is the wife of Tlaloc, the god of rain, and is also regarded as an aspect of Tlaloc.

In the second solar era, Iocotl, the god of feathers, is the goddess who brings the rainy season.

In the third solar era, Tlaloc is the god of rain.

In the fourth solar era, Chalchutlqui was the water god who controlled rivers and lakes.

Obviously, since the feathered serpent god Iocotel and the tribes that worshipped the earth goddess established the Mayan civilization, the worship of gods in the three solar eras had the same essence.

So it is very likely that the rain god Tlaloc was a goddess, as recorded in the Inca mythology.

Moreover, in the era when the three goddesses ruled, the thunder god Tezcatlipoca played the role of a villain who destroyed the world.

In the first solar era, the feathered serpent god Iocotel defeated the thunder god Tezcatlipoca and ushered in the end.

In the second solar era, because Tezcatlipoca mocked the feathered serpent god Iocotel, the two fought and destroyed the world.

In the third solar era, because Tezcatlipoca robbed the wife of the rain god Tlaloc, the rain god Tlaloc was too sad and destroyed the world.

In the fourth solar era, Chalchutlqui was originally a kind and good ruler, but Tezcatlipoca said she was just a hypocrite.

Chalchuatlqui was finally overwhelmed by his language. She cried all day long, and the world fell into heavy rain. The flood destroyed everything.

In the fifth solar era, the king of the gods was Huitzilopochtli.

Huitzilopochtli's name means left hummingbird, southern hummingbird.

He is the god of war, sun god, lord of the sun and fire, and ruler of the south in Aztec mythology.

The patron saint of Tenochtitlan.

The national patron saint and supreme god of the Mexica [Aztecs], one of the supreme gods in the hearts of the Aztecs.

In mythology, Huitzilopochtli was born fully armed.

This is also consistent with his identity as a god of war.

In the usual image, he usually wears blue bird feathers, holds a blue round shield in one hand, and a weapon called Xihecohuatl [Fire Snake] in the other.

Legend has it that the weapon has the appearance of a snake and will spit out bright red flames in battle.