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
Tōnatiuh as depicted in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis
The Aztec sun stone.
Codex Borgia page 71 depicts Tonatiuh (left).
Codex Borgia page 43 depicts Tonatiuh with the canine features of Xolotl.
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
Tōnatiuh
…According to the myth, in order for Tonatiuh to rise a substantial sacrifice had to be made. Despite the voluntary self-sacrifices from the Aztec gods Nanahuatl (or Nanahuatzin), a deformed and pimpled deity, and Teucciztecatl, Tonatiuh refused to rise and did not ascend until the canine god Xolotl sacrificed…
Nanāhuātzin
The Mesoamerican calabash tree