Tlaltecuhtli, 'Earth Lord/Lady,' was a Mesoamerican earth goddess associated with fertility. Envisioned as a terrible toad monster, her dismembered body gave rise to the world in the Aztec creation myth of the 5th and final cosmos. As a source of life, it was thought necessary to constantly appease her with blood sacrifices, especially human hearts.
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c. 1427The Sun Stone depicting the ages of the five suns of Aztec mythology is carved and set up at Tenochtitlan.
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1502The large stone marker depicting the Aztec goddess Tlaltecuhtli is carved at Tenochtitlan.
