The Fifth Sun - Aztec Myths - Extra Mythology
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Just as the gods Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, and Nanahautzin sacrificed themselves so the sun could move across the sky, so too did the Aztecs believe people must follow their example, and spill blood to thank the gods for their life, their maize, and the sun.
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Four times the gods created a new sun. Four times they destroyed the sun and an age came to an end. And so too will our current age, the fifth sun, come to ruin…
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Interesting
you actually took the time to learn how to pronounce the names of the gods that are hard to pronounce even for locals...this is amazing. leave some professionalism for the rest of us, dude
But Spain realized this wasn't India, but they pillaged it anyway.
I take a ticket to Food Mountain as well :D
So extra credits I have 2 questions
Who's your 2 favorites Aztec God's and myths and what's your favorite mythology to talk about
Humans : there's to much light
Gods : ( throws a rabbit )
Humans : good
If I were to guess it would because many cultures see a rabbit on the moon instead of the man on the moon, japan for example
Ya Yeet
Hmmm, funny, because in Japanese mythology rabbits are also connected with the moon, and it was even believed that rabbits lived on the moon
So the Russians were wrong when they sent Laika and Bielka into space, they should have sent Roger and Jessica
"Too" much light. Dumbass.
«Can I be the next Sun?»
«Sure. Jump into that fire.»
«How about I strap the Sun on my belt, or just jump in the sky like you did?»
«...no.»
DeaconArael, but the sun was destroyed by rain, remember?
Beep Neep the Sheep but they could’ve created a new belt-Sun just like they did with the first one!
@@DeaconArael yes but that would ruin some plot lines
IKR. Aztec gods are kind of mean to each other
Lol
“It was so hot that the sun went up in flames”
*Wait that’s illegal*
since the sun is made out of hydrogen mostly... maybe?
Tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
@@mrnorthz9373yeah, but most myths see sun already as a giant flame
...Why does the Lord of the Dead have Pokéballs in his hair?
Chinpokomon is number one
That´s actually accurate representation for Mictlantecuhtli, the Lord of the Dead. He had those pokeball-like things
on his head too on ancient codex drawings. :D
Thank god, I thought I was the only one seeing it.
For catching souls, duh.
@@elcheshireilustracion9396 Huh. The more you know...
Is there anything more terrifying than the sun saying, "I demand their blood!"?
Yes, their, they're, there used incorrectly.
*their
Having a rabbit thrown at you by a god.
Quails
Yes, the sun going Supernova
Damn, Aztec mythology is some Dark Souls type stuff
Indeed, the Aztecs would totally "Praise the Sun."
We desire your blood
yeet yourself into a fire to continue the age of the light... ...yeah, I see the link here
Nah, Dark Souls actually makes sense as is, this only makes sense when you start cutting away the flowery language and think of it as a political history.
*MORE BLOOD FOR THE SUN GOD*
I love that you guys used a códice style, thanks for using your high quality video making to teach the myths of my country.
Me too, that was the first thing I notice and I just can't stop of admire how wonderful it is
Aren't Mexican's 49% Spanish and the native most of the native tribes they trace their non European ancestor the enemies and victims of the Aztecs and hated them so much they worked with a foreign force to destroy them? Saying the Aztecs cultures is that of Mexico is kinda like claiming Russian culture developed from that of the Golden Horde.
@@jacoblevenson7934 well yes... And no, u see, the prehispanic cultures of Mexico hate the Meshicas rulers and their allies (the Tlaxcaltecas and the Zapotecas) the three rulers in the Triple Alianza (Three Allie's) A.K.A. Aztecas, the other cultures switch side with the Spanish to kill them (Totonacos, Otomíes, Mayas and Toltecas)
When the tlaxcaltecas see they can't win they betrayed the Meshicas, then, the Zapotecas surrender asking by forgiveness but they end being slaves (surviving with the Tlaxcaltecas) but the Meshicas were totally destroy by steel, fire and sickness, only one third of the Aztecs die [the Meshicas] so it's understandable that Mexican culture use the most reconocible faction in their history to represent us.
@@fakename7901 Thats where I got my statistics from.
@@Zamahael But primarily it's Native and Spanish culture. I don't really count a minority as having a massive impact on the nations culture when there are two super cultures who descendant and tradition make up two thirds of that's nation descendants and the other culture makes up less than a third.
I’m loving the Aztec styled art, great work guys!
JokeJack ikr It’s awesome to see a new art style.
I love how you're focusing on Mexico for this episode. I planned out an entire skit in high school based on the myth surrounding the 5th sun's creation. My parents, both Mexican, could never see a man in the moon until I had to spell it out for them in my late teens. They always only saw a rabbit.
coincidence, I THINK NOT
Wow now I am going to see if I can see a rabbit!
I can just imagine going through your day normally as usual as the sun stops in the middle of the day and says
*_"I demand their blood"_*
The Aztec and Inca Empires are off to a great start. I wonder if they know that Europe just discovered their continent?
☠️
Bill Wurtz?
@Anja Martinez It's a Bill Wurtz reference r/woosh
It would be another 300 years before Europeans showed up.
@@AverytheCubanAmerican r/stoplinkingsubredditsoutsideofreddit
Sheesh, the Aztecs were so metal.
No they were Stone Age
@@chrisrodriguez3053 [Sarcastic Laughter]
If the 5th sun is so good, why isn’t there a 5th sun 2
Did you not watch the video?
The 5th Sun 2 took a rabbit to the face and became the Moon.
Obviously it's a service game
Because this isn't final fantasy.
What?
I think at this point we should settle for a remaster or something. It will also probably have lootboxes.
"Food mountain" gives me a neat idea for a food park. Bunch of groups of ethnic food stalls with fusion stalls at the borders.
I may also be just hungry at the moment.
When I saw "ethnic foods" the first thing that popped into my head was a gang war between different kinds of bread...
And some meats sitting on the side line complaining about all the grain messing with the roads.
The world is like that... food changes and changes as the distance goes... until is a total different thing.
If you build a dispensary near that theme park, you're going to be filthy rich 😄👌
Okay but this is ledgit a good idea
It's official, Aztec mythology holds the world record for escalating DIRECTLY to human sacrifice. Second place goes to Phoenicia. ;)
Well yes, the Meshican people was know by his contemporary neighbor for being savages, the savages in power, but savages, history class teachers tell us that meshicas sacrifice around 100000 (mostly Mayans, totonacs and tlaxcaltecan) people by day in a three days festival, what in first instance sounds ridiculous, but it has been prove be true, and that was the reason of why almost every nation in the mesoamerican continent switch side with the Spanish when La conquista de México ( The conquest of Mexico)
@@Zamahael where;s the credible source for this? it sounds like a conquistador tall tale
@@Zamahael Yeah buddy you got a source?
@@ilanlopez9826 well yes, in fact there it is a lot of evidence, the tower of skulls under the Mexico City catacombs, there it is thousand of skulls of the victims all preserved by the mummification techniques of the Tlatoanis (warrior Priest chief) the murals in the pyramid of the Sun, the books "la conquista de la nueva españa" (the conquest of the new Spain, which tell the recordings of the missionaries who believe that the meshicas were committed diabolical sacrifices, the book, the diary of Bartolomé de las Casas (other ecclesiastical guy but very important cause he was the first in study the ritual sacrifices) and the Codice Mayor (an old pictographic roll of rituals preserved in the Museo Nacional)
there was much more but the frailes anglicanos proceed to burn all the codices they found because they were super scare of the rituals and really believe they were "saving the souls of this confused people" (they words not mine)
Sadly the majority of this sources are in old spanish from Castilla, but if you wanted i can research and send it to you from email, im mexican and i love the history of my country and take lots of seminars about La conquista de México (the conquest of Mexico), La Independencia (the independence of Mexico) , El primer Imperio Mexicano (the First Mexican empire) , Las intervenciones Francesas (the French interest) and the Porfiriato (no translation cause is the time of the dictator Porfirio Díaz)
@@Zamahael Hola Aziel, soy americano nacido de padres mejicanos asi que no se mucho de la historia azteca. Me interesa mucho aprender mas en ese respeto pero no se ni donde empezar. Como te pareces aprendido en esa historia crees que me puedas guiar?
Perdoname is my español no esta my bien escrito. Solo lo hablo en la casa y nunca lo escribo
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!... oh wait wrong aztec myth
Not far off honestly. Spilling blood was the all-time favorite aztec pass time, like baseball, but a million times more horrifying
skulls for the skull throne....
somehow i see myself in civilisation V with the aztecs when i say that.
"Blood for the Corn God!"
@@freakymoejoe2 And less boring
Derpes Depression
Skulls for the skull throne!
The gods fighting over the Sun is equivalent to us today fighting over the last pop tart in the box
No, no, no. There is no fight.
Because that last pop tart is MINE!
John Kek OH HELL NO, THAT ONE IS MINE, GIMME
*Pulls out the M1911* Fools the Pop Tart is mine!
*Summons Shaggy* OH HELL NAH BITCH, THATS MINEEEE! DONT ME MAKE ME MAKE HIM DO IT!
You are tearing me apart, Pop-Tarts!
"The Sun itself went up in flames"
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69th like lol
Hmmm
Yes
The floor here is made out of floor
96 lol
Well, the Sun is actually plasma so.. (it´s a joke)
Seems legit
According to the Aztec calendar, it's now the time of the sixth sun.
So, where are the orcs and trolls?
I think you're confusing aztec and maya
Internet.
@@icedragon769 (Tell that to Aztlan and Aztechnology.) I still want to see some orcs and trolls.
@@TGNXAR On the bright side we're not getting invaded by Insect spirits, so that's good.
@@icedragon769 Actually the sixth sun was supposed to come around Moctezumas time. So yeah we are.
this sounds like cryptic political history of imperial events and fall of imperial institutions
That is generally how mythology is written down as.
Loved overly sarcastic productions take on this, love that you guys also made one! 😍
Overly sarcastic productions and extra credits should do more collaborations
Same
@@franciscomm7675 Have they done any?
@@HBHaga they did a few, but they should do more
LORD OF THE DEAD, the mightiest of the Pokémon trainers.
heikki paasi
Is he a Ghost type or Dark Type specialist?
@@whathell6t
He only uses Spiritombs and Yamasks, so I'd say ghost.
(No phantumps because they're outside of his jurisdiction.)
He probably mains Giratina or Darkrai
Kudos to the artist(s) of this video, they did an awesome job depicting the art style of the Aztecs!
The aztec version of "look at me! , im captain now!"
Man, Aztec myths are *intense*
Aztec myths make Greek myths seem reasonable.
@@markg.7865 lmao Greek is basically Zeus fucking things.
Aztecs are like: Damn the suns moving too slow, let me kill some people rn, brb
@Mullerornis well no really, the God's don't care of humanity like that, they see humans more like cows "I must protect my humans, so, I can drink his blood later"
I feel like when the lord of the dead tricked Quetzalcoatl he said "YOU'VE BEEN BONED!" That's the vibe I'm getting from that guy.
Quetzalcoatl is kinda the mvp of the story he tried his best to help the other gods and help humanity
Aztecs: We must kill people to make the sun move through the sky
Galileo: The sun doesn't move, it"s the earth that goes around it
Aztecs: *confused Mr. Krabs*
3:10 If fire's on fire, then water's wet.
The art style is absolutely marvelous. Beautiful.
To be honest I kinda prefer the OSP telling of the myth here. This is pretty damn good though.
Edit: Holy crap. I’ve never gotten this many likes on anything before. Thank you everyone!
Both Red & Blue are way better at this, agreed.
Yeah, I like OSP better for the, well, sarcasm! But this is also pretty good.
Ringlord same
Ringlord agreed
To be fair, both OSP's and this vid has amazing art to go with the storytelling
Rabbits, a celestial off switch. If a light is too bright just remember to chuck a rabbit at it
Love the Aztec-inspired art style used here! It’s a nice change of pace from not just the rest of EM, but all their videos in general. Would be interesting to see this trend continue in future episodes
3:55
“Earth Monster”, Tlaltecuhtli?
I think y’all meant “Cipactli”.
It’s physical appearance is described to be a cross between Crocodilian/Caiman, Fish, and Frog/Toad; mouths adorned on all its joints while forever hungry and will consume ANYTHING/EVERYTHING!
Your pronunciation of nahuatl is surprisingly good. Nice job.
Its... Well... It kinda is, just very funny sounding lol
Isn't the stress wrong? I thought the stress was always on the second to last syllable?
@@marioricomeza2839 It sounded off.
as mexican i think that the stress is weird
5 out of 10
The Aztecs have such an awesome mythology
From the outside looking in on any religion, I always end up asking “how could someone believe this?” And “who could come up with this?”. They all seem outlandish when you aren’t told it as a child.
Let's not pretend that modern religions aren't just as outlandish
So that's why there are so many rabbits in my yard at night. XD The gods are making sure the moon doesn't get too bright
Matthew: "And the gods created a new sky and a new earth with the body of the giant".
Thor: "Hey, dad always told that story in Valhala, during the drinking contests. Are they your friends, father?".
Odin: "No, definitely not. At least not anyone I remember..."
Odin: "...then again, my college years were pretty wild and I don't really remember much due to all the drinking and partying..."
This gave me flash backs to my 9th grade Freshman Research Paper because Aztecs was my topic.
As I have heard the story Quetzalcoatl didn't call the rain of fire, that was Tlaloc who was grieving over his wife who Tezcatlipoca stole. Tlaloc neglected his job as rain bringer and the earth dried up so Quetzalcoatl pleaded and the humans begged Tlaloc for rain but this just annoyed Tlaloc so he made it rain fire
Then Tlalocs wife became the sun and doted on her humans until Tezcatlipoca accused her of being a poser who only pretended to like the humans and made her cry blood for 52 years
Also Quetzalcoatl hates the practice of human sacrafice, it disgusted him.
Also I have seen conflicting accounts of the god of the fifth Sun being Tonatiuh or Huitzilopochtli. According to following legends Tonatiuh had gone from humble to arrogant and the other gods started to hate him because he demanded too much blood to move around and the more he halted the closer the evil goddesses of Stars called the Tzitzimitl would catch up to him and try to consume him to destroy the sun and then the earth.
Quetzalcoatl also saw that Tonatiuh had hoarded all art, music, and Cocoa beans in his sun palace so he snuck in and stole them from him to give to humanity because he loves humans
Lord of the Dawn Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli tried shooting an arrow at Tonatiuh but he caught the arrow and shot it back impaling the Lord of Dawn in the head and transforming him into the god of Frost and coldness
Finally Huitzilopochtli the Warrior god who had fought the night to keep it back had enough of Tonatiuh and booted him out of the sun and took it upon himself to carry the sun around diligently to keep it out of the hands of the night
As a Mexican I can say I approve this video! Well done on the prononciation even pronouncing in Spanish is difficult and you pulled through, congrats
But it's not really Spanish is it
Yass I’ve been obsessed with Aztec myth/ culture recently so this is a treat
But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon
and the cow who hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
and she who climbed the mountains while whistling up a tune
and swapped songs with swallows while riding on a broom
MOSSSSSSSSSS
I liked when they threw the rabbit at him.😂
7:50 If you dont like something - throw a rabbit at it!
I swear, every time I hear a different account of this myth, the events are completely different between versions! How much detail was included in the original myth? I will say though, this is the most complete version of the creation myth! Thanks!
Man I was so pumped for the Lord of the Dead to challenge quetzacoatl to a pokemon battle, to see who was the very best!
Such a great reenactment of the Codexes' art style! I'd really like to see the other version of the "origin of the rabbit in the moon" done by you guys!
I love mythology and extra credits. So please keep making these!
Aztec mythology: the acid induced fever dream of a madman.
no fucking kidding lol
Norse mythology: the acid induced fever dream of a madman.
I mean, they built their city on a freaking lake, those Aztecs weren't messing around.
In chinese mythology the Moon is also called 玉兔 jade-rabbit.
I come from Colima, Mexico (port to asia) and there are storys here of the period when China was making big ass explorers ship (Imperial Celestial Fleet) and them making friends of a native king here 👌
The Man in the Moon looks a little like a rabbit holding a stick if you squint. (The Japanese say he's holding the mortar and pestle you used to use to prepare rice back in the day.)
so we all agree that the thing in the moon is a rabbit
You guys need to do some inti myths. They are really metal. Just like the name of the Inca kings
This episode was a roller coaster
I loved it
I really appreciate that you adapted the Aztec art style for this story! :) Props to you!
Wow, I love how faithful the art style is here!
The pronunciation, not so much, but still this was really well done!
Violet Hall yup I heard myself trying to understand tlaloc’s prenouneciation
OMG! Hi, first of all, I love what you do here, the art style like the Meshican codice it's a delight to the eyes.
Second, I really appreciate this type of hard work you took in this, Mexican history normally don't is taken seriously for things that aren't día de muertos (by the way, the underworld it's called Mictlán )
Ai bro are u still alive
Oh my g/d the best myth story so far! please post more, good job guys
As a fan of Aztec mythology, I have read this many times, and every time I read it there are important differences (it's almost like the legend of Zelda at this point, with each retelling being a different game) Good one, I enjoyed a lot like most of your work.
I don't understand why the lord of the dead has pokeballs in his hair 4:55
Because eventually he collects them all?
It's a Mesoamerican motif that represents stars.
5:04, look in his hair...
I really hope you'll get into how the mass-sacrifice of the Aztec religion played into Aztec politics in the Mythology Matters episode.
The artwork is amazing and it really captures the culture
*THE LORD OF THE DEAD*
and his wife.
When you need a celestial body, send a rabbit into space. Works every time.
thank you so much for the cool animation and putting our stories in a digestible context that i can understand. it was funny, it looked great, and i learned a lot.
I want to thank you for making this episode about the mythology of my country, just thank you :) also I really appreciate your effort in trying to pronounce the names as good as you did :)
There actually is a food mountain. At the very top lies the rockin' little berg of Flavor Town!
At lies at the other side of the Beverage Ocean
I actually love the overly sarcastic production's version of this story so it's going to be nice to see your version.
Edit: why does the lord of dead have poke balls in his hair?
It was always like that.
That's the symbol used to represent stars in Central Mexican art.
@@MajoraZ that's very interesting
I am so addicted to this channel I can't stop watching
I gotta give you props for how you pronounce the gods names, even some of us mexican have some trouble saying them and I'm sure you took your time with those. Good job!.
4:43 the lord of the dead is a fan of pokemon
2:50 they returned to monke
Hell yeah, Aztec mythology! Loving the art style for this series.
Whatever you have paid the ilustrator, triple it!!!! it was ffff beautiful!!! great vid
4:57 Poke-balls for hair :P
After that, everything becomes a pokeball.
Thats the mesoamerican symbol for stars.
I love mythology!
Twisting Dervole *Me too!* 💗
Can I just say a huge THANK YOU for the opening lines explaining a (much more useful) definition of myths? There. I think I just said it.
Kudos as always, Extra Credit folks.
man was this neat I love the art style that mimics the aztecs
This has got to be one of the weirdest creation myths I've ever heard.
I always love when you guys do something but OSP has done and vice versa. I love getting different interpretations on the same story!
The poke ball design is everywhere here it’s so interesting because I’ve never noticed it in Aztec art before now
This channel is so underrated! Great job on the camp fire series! Excellent content!
*Pillar Men theme plays*
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From what I've heard, the Aztecs took their obligations for blood sacrifice pretty seriously. You could hardly be guilty of failing to offer it up every 52 years when you're probably nearer to every 52 seconds.
I was very happy to see a new EX Mythology in my subscriptions today! Very cool myth, too
Thank you for that intro. Most people dont realize that "myths" and ancient cultures "stories" all have their foundations in reality and have a LOT of truth to them.
How come there’s 5 suns but only ONE Gavin? I can’t even find him...
4:32 sounds allot like the Norse myth of how Odin created Midgard from Ymir's corpse
absolutely great job with the names. had to have been the hardest part of the video
This was so dope. Don't know how I'm just catching this one.
Would love if you made a video about Siege of Sarajevo 1992-95
I guess the story is different depending on who tell it I heard that techenopocha Made it rain jaguars
Møkk From da 707 *Tezcatlipoca
Loved that you based your illustrations on codex images.
Absolutely the best art of any of their episodes
Fun fact: Chocolate and Ahuacate (Avocado) are both words with aztec/mayan origins
"Praise the sun!"
which?
*earrape Dark souls music starts playing*
Looking at mythology it always amazes me how similar myths, stories, etc... are to each other.
because they all hold truth
Great stuff Great artwork. Great pronunciations.