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The Aztec New Fire Ceremony: Rebirth Every 52 Years

The Aztec New Fire Ceremony: Rebirth Every 52 Years

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Every 52 years, the entire Aztec world held its breath. As the Pleiades crossed the zenith, priests on the Hill of the Star performed a human sacrifice to rekindle the sacred flame. If the fire caught, the world continued. If not, the cosmos would end. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the New Fire Ceremony — the xiuhmolpilli — a ritual that bound together the 260-day tonalpohualli and the 365-day xiuhpohualli calendars. They discuss the role of Xiuhtecuhtli, the fire god, the symbolism of the Heart of the Earth, and how every Aztec household broke their old pottery and swept their homes in anticipation. They also cover the famous Codex Borbonicus illustration and the contested evidence for the ceremony in pre-Columbian times. And they touch on how this ceremony gave the Aztecs a collective identity, a shared rhythm of anxiety and renewal, that transcended the city-states of the empire. #Aztec #NewFireCeremony #Xiuhmolpilli #Tonalpohualli #Xiuhpohualli #Xiuhtecuhtli #HillOfTheStar #CodexBorbonicus #Pleiades #AztecCalendar #Tenochtitlan #HumanSacrifice #Nahuatl #Mesoamerica #AztecReligion #Cemanahuac #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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