ANTH 1145 1st Edition Lecture 18- The solar calendar was not carved (xihuitl)- Their ritual calendar was more important - There is 5 calendars to reckon the cycle of 52 yrso Use 4 symbols per calendar- Aztecs only use the calendar type 3 in writingo Symbols used: House, Rabbit, Reed, Flint- Mexico Tenochtitlan fell in year 3 calli, day 1 coatlo Translates to 3 house, 1 serpento This means Aug. 13, 1521o Based on this date scholars can recreate any date- Year signs are usually contained in cartoucheso Days don’t have cartouches- New fire ceremony: Xiuhmolpilliao Binding of the years ceremony Every 52 years Burn a bunch of reeds that represent previous years Carry the burning reeds to other towns to start a new fire- The Godso Religion is a way to understand the world - 1st sun=4 jaguar- 2nd sun=4 wind- 3rd sun= 4 rain- 4th sun=4 water- 5th sun= NahuiOllino Current universe- Gods gathered at teohuacano Talked of recreating the universeo One had to sacrifice himself into the fire They wanted tecuciztecatl (handsome and rich) to do the honor He couldn’t Nanahuatzin (exact opposite of tecuciztecatl) then jumped in and out of jealousy tecuciztecatl jumped aftero Nanhuatzin became the suno Tecuciztecatl became the moono In order to make the sun move all the gods then jumped into the fire but there was still no movementThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Then the wind god (the only one left) gave the sun movemento Gods died in order to stay in created
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