From Hindu demon myths to Aztec end-times beliefs, solar eclipses have long been seen as signs of doom. This video explores ...

From the distance of five centuries we often look back to the conquest of Mexico as an all-out defeat for Aztec civilization ... Camilla Townsend’s fine “Fifth Sun: A New History of the ...

They “lived in independent tribal or civic groups and created a religious art and architecture without rival in the Americas.” In Aztec religion ... controlled by the Sun God.

Discover the myth of how the weak and pimply Aztec god Nanahuatl sacrificed himself to become Lord Sun and created a new world.