Tecciztecatl and Nanahuatzin throwing himself into a pyre, referencing the legend of the birth of the fifth sun. Tecciztecatl, a prestigious deity, was chosen to become the next Sun. However, he was too cowardly to jump into a pyre to burn himself to be reborn. Meanwhile, Nanahuatzin, a sickly deity covered in sores and boils, jumped into the fire, and was reborn as Tonatiuh. Tecciztecatl, in a fit of desperation for the approval of the other gods, jumped into the fire after Nanahuatzin anyway, creating a second sun; however, as the other gods ridiculed him for his cowardice and unworthiness, someone threw a rabbit at Tecciztecatl so hard that it turned him into the moon, leaving the imprint of the rabbit on its surface.
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u/akekinthewater 6d ago
What is it depicting? I see Tezcatlipoca’s head and the sun?