Originally, Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl lived in the
World of Darkness, where there was no light, stars or white flowers.
They used to go for long walks in the darkness, where only ocasionally
the glitter of a monster's eyes could be seen. On one ocassion,
Omecihuatl touched one of these monsters, and instantly it became a
perfect point of bright light. Marveled by this, they both started
touching every monster they found until the sky was full of stars. Soon
they wanted more; they wanted to create the world, so they would't be
alone anymore.
They went back home and created the four Tezcatlipocas: The White
Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl; The Red Tezactlipoca, Xipetotec; The Blue
Tezcatlipoca, Huitzilopochtli and The Black Tezcatlipoca.
Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca chose a monster all
covered with eyes and mouths and split it in two to create the sea and
the land, to become the Lady of the Earth. Huitzilopochtli created from
Her hair the woods, jungles and prairies. The fourth brother filled it
with creatures for land, water and air.
As the world became more complex, many other entities appeared to take
care of the created place, Camaxtli as God of the beasts and the hunt;
Tlaloc, 'The one that brings growth' as God of rain and water; Opochtli
in charge of the sea and all of its creatures. Anything and everything
had its caretaker: roads, art, creatures, places, things. But the rulers
of the four cardinal points were the four brothers that created it all:
Xipetotec ruled the East, Quetzalcoatl ruled the West, Huitzilopochtli
ruled the south and Tezcatlipoca the North.
Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl were very pleased with the creation, and
started sending little drops of light to be the souls of children, and
they still send their drops to the pregnant mothers.
But the creation wasn't that easy. Mictlantecuhtli,
in charge of the Underworld and death realized that the sun was too
weak, just another little star, and said that a bigger, better sun was
needed. This is how the story of the five suns, or ages, starts.
First, Tezcatlipoca offered himself to be the sun,
but he was the god of dreams and of magic and he had the ability to
become a tiger; this was his alter-shape, his Nagual. Soon the world was
full of wild beasts that ate the people.
Then Quetzalcoatl offered to be the sun. When he took his place the
winds and hurricanes were unleashed, for he was the god of winds.
Horrorized, the other gods turned the people into monkeys, so they could
run to the woods and take refuge in the trees.
Then Tlaloc offered himself as the sun, but then the rain of fire
started and the whole world was set afire. Now the people were turned
into birds so they could fly away. The gods were very disappointed, for
they had already created humans three times. The people wasn't perfect
on each try, either. First they were too small, very good artisans and
goldsmiths but too small to work the land. Then they were too big; when
they greeted each other they said 'don't fall down' because they were
too big and weak to stand up if they fell.
Then Quetzalcoatl proposed Chalchiuihtlicue, goddess of water, to be the
sun. The rain started, the people was washed away and the gods turned
them into fishes and all the creatures that live in the water.
Then the gods decided to choose somebody, a man, to be the sun so it
wouldn't be too powerful. They chose Tecuciztecatl, though another
called Nanahuatzin had offered himself. The gods prepared a big ceremony
with a bonfire, and when they were ready they told Tecuciztecatl to
jump in. He aproached the fire, but when he felt the heat the backed
away. He tried again and again but he just couldn't walk into the fire.
When Nanahuatzin saw his hesitation, he ran and threw himself into the
fire. Tecuciztecatl, seeing his place and duty being taken like this, he
felt ashamed and finally jumped in, but it was too late. The gods
watched as two suns raised from the east. Quickly Quetzalcoatl took the
first thing he could grab, a rabbit, and threw it to the face of the
second sun, shading it with its shape and thus creating the moon. The
gods were finally happy with the sun they had made, because this time
the people they created were perfect: not too big nor small, not too
strong nor weak. The sun is now known as Tonatiuh, The Rising Eagle.
This was the fifth sun, the current one, called Ollin (movement). It is
said that the destruction of the current age will come through
earthquakes, to make room for the sixth sun if mankind proves not to be
worthy of this world.