Nanāhuātzin
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In Aztec mythology, the god Nanāhuātzin or Nanāhuātl, the most humble of the gods, sacrificed himself in fire so that he would continue to shine on Earth as the Sun, thus becoming the solar deity. Nan
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Codex Borgia page 43 depicts a Sun god with the bumpy skin of Nanāhuātzin and the canine snout of Xolotl. Beneath this sun-bearing Xolotl/Nanāhuātzin lies the source of maize, a nude female divinity who has star symbols on her body.
The Mesoamerican calabash tree
Tōnatiuh
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In Mesoamerican culture, Tonatiuh is an Aztec sun deity of the daytime sky who rules the cardinal direction of east. According to Aztec mythology, Tonatiuh was known as "The Fifth Sun" and was given a
Nanāhuātzin
…capacity as god of monsters, deforming diseases, and deformities. The syphilitic god Nanāhuātzin is an avatar of Xolotl. The fifth sun is identified with Tōnatiuh. Nanāhuātzin was the youngest of three boys and a girl named Xōchicihuātl, who had emerged from the fruit of the Mesoamerican calabash (Crescentia…
Tōnatiuh as depicted in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis
The Aztec sun stone.
Codex Borgia page 71 depicts Tonatiuh (left).