CHAPTER II

COSMOGONY

The “ages” of Mexican cosmogony—The making of the earth—The peopling of the earth—Creation of the sun and moon—The Historia de los Mexicanos—Deluge myths—The “Coxcox” fallacy—The fall of the gods—Mexican conceptions of the universe—The five regions of the world: The Tree of the East; the Tree of the North; the Tree of the West; the Tree of the South; Tlaxicco; Tlapcopa; Uitznauac or Uitzlampa; Ciuatlampa; Mictlampa—The supporters of the heavens—The Aztec heavens: Tlalocan; Homeyoca—Mictlampa as Hades pp. 36–64