{"id":3922617,"date":"2025-10-30T19:03:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T00:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/the-story-of-the-great-flood-according-to-ancient-aztec-mythology\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T19:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T00:03:42","slug":"the-story-of-the-great-flood-according-to-ancient-aztec-mythology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/the-story-of-the-great-flood-according-to-ancient-aztec-mythology\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Of The Great Flood According To Ancient Aztec Mythology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cBefore the great flood which took place 4,800 years after the creation of the world, the country of Anahuac was inhabited by giants, all of whom either perished in the inundation or were transformed into fishes, save seven who fled into caverns. When the waters subsided, one of the giants, the great Xelhua, nicknamed the \u2018Architect,\u2019 traveled to\u00a0Cholula, where, as a memorial of the\u00a0Tlaloc\u00a0which had served for an asylum to himself and his six brethren, he built an artificial hill in the form of a pyramid\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

No matter where you look, descriptions of a cataclysmic flood that destroyed the world can be found in nearly all ancient cultures.<\/p>\n

The Great Flood<\/strong> was supposedly sent by God<\/strong> or the gods<\/strong> upon the earth in order to destroy civilization as an act of divine punishment. This story is a widespread theme among many cultural myths and is perhaps best known from the biblical story of Noah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But despite the fact that Noah\u2019s<\/strong> story<\/strong> of the great flood may be one of the most famous and well know flood stories, it isn\u2019t the oldest one out there, and it certainly isn\u2019t the only one.<\/p>\n

There are several other\u2014perhaps less famous\u2014versions such as stories of Matsya<\/strong> in the Hindu<\/strong> Puranas<\/strong>, Deucalion<\/strong> in Greek<\/strong> mythology<\/strong>. The oldest and \u2018original\u2019<\/strong> account of the great flood is, according to scholars, that of Utnapishtim<\/strong> in the Epic<\/strong> of<\/strong> Gilgamesh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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By Diego Duran (Madrid Biblioteca) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This historic fact is clear evidence how many of the world\u2019s oldest cultures have stories describing a Great Flood that devastated earlier civilizations on Earth.<\/p>\n

Curiously, a great deal of similarity exists between several of the flood myths, something that has led many authors and scholars to believe that these have evolved from or influenced each other.<\/p>\n

And despite the fact, three stories of a great flood exist in nearly all ancient cultures on Earth; mainstream scholars are divided<\/strong> in opinion whether or not such an event took place on Earth. However, scientists do recognize that in the distant past, thousands of years ago, a\u00a0catastrophic flood did take place on Earth, but most scientists deny that there was a massive Flood\u2014the Great Flood\u2014that occurred in the last 6,000 years that covered major parts of the planet.<\/p>\n

The ancient Sumerian<\/strong> Nippur<\/strong> tablet<\/strong>\u00a0is believed to describe the oldest account of the Great Flood and the creation of both humans and animals on Earth. It also records the names of Antediluvian cities on earth and their respective rulers.<\/p>\n

The Eridu Genesis<\/strong> is believed to have been composed circa 2,300<\/strong> BCE<\/strong> is considered as the earliest known account of the great flood and predates more popular Great Flood described in the biblical book of Genesis.<\/p>\n

Many authors and scholars believe that the Sumerian accounts of a great flood eventually gave birth to more popular Flood myths like the one described in the Bible.<\/p>\n

However, if that is true, how did the story of a great deluge make its way all the way to Mesoamerica, thousands of years ago?<\/p>\n

The Aztec Flood Stories<\/h2>\n

There are several accounts of Aztec<\/strong> Flood stories,<\/strong> but authors argue that the most famous of them all is that of Nota, the Aztec version of Noah.<\/p>\n

When the Sun Age came, there had passed 400 years. Then came 200 years, then 76. Then all mankind was lost and drowned and turned to fishes. The water and the sky drew near each other. In a single day, all was lost. But before the Flood began, Titlachahuan had warned the man Nota and his wife Nena, saying, \u2018Make no more pulque, but hollow a great cypress, into which you shall enter the month Tozoztli. The waters shall near the sky.\u2019 They entered, and when Titlachahuan had shut them in he said to the man, \u2018Thou shalt eat but a single ear of maize, and thy wife but one also.\u2019 And when they had each eaten one ear of maize, they prepared to go forth, for the water was tranquil. (source<\/a><\/strong>)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ancient Aztec document Codex Chimalpopoca, translated by Abb\u00e9 Charles \u00c9tienne Brasseur de Bourbourg.<\/p>\n

IF we take a look at the Five Suns,<\/strong> the doctrine of the\u00a0Aztec\u00a0and other\u00a0Nahua peoples we will find the following eras, creations, and destructions:<\/p>\n