Quinametzin
Man dragging a dead giant, Codex Vaticanus.
In Aztec mythology, the Quinametzin populated the world during the previous era of the Sun of Rain (Nahui-Quiahuitl). They were punished by the gods because they did not venerate them, and their peak-civilization came to an end as a result of great calamities and as a punishment from the heavens for grave sins they had committed. The construction of the pyramid of Cholula and the City of Teotihuacan (The Place Where Men Become Gods) was attributed to the Quinametzin Giants.[1]
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- , one of four giants who supported the sky at the beginning of the Fifth Sun.
- , one of four giants who supported the sky at the beginning of the Fifth Sun.
- , one of four giants who supported the sky at the beginning of the Fifth Sun.
- , one of four giants who supported the sky at the beginning of the Fifth Sun.
- Xelhua, a giant founder of , , , , Tehuacan, Cuzcatlan and Teotitlan, this giant built the great Pyramid of Cholula.
- Tenoch, a giant founder of Tenochtitlan.
- Ulmecatl, a giant founder of , , .
- , a giant founder of Mixteca.
- , a giant founder of .
- , a giant founder of , Tollan, Otompan.
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References[]
- ^ Editorial Universo México, ed. (1981). El Mundo Mágico de los Dioses del Anáhuac (in Spanish). México. p. 153. ISBN 968-35-0093-5.
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