. The myths of Mexico and Peru. ;jaft*fi^ Priest making an Incantation over an Aztec Lady Gilbert James 54 COSMOLOGY genuine, and display the attainment of a high religiouslevel. Cosmology Aztec theology postulated an eternity which, however,was not without its epochs. It was thought to be brokenup into a number of aeons, each of which dependedupon the period of duration of a separate sun. Noagreement is noticeable among authorities on Mexicanmythology as to the number of these suns, but itwould appear as probable that the favourite traditionstipulated for four suns or epochs, each o
. The myths of Mexico and Peru. ;jaft*fi^ Priest making an Incantation over an Aztec Lady Gilbert James 54 COSMOLOGY genuine, and display the attainment of a high religiouslevel. Cosmology Aztec theology postulated an eternity which, however,was not without its epochs. It was thought to be brokenup into a number of aeons, each of which dependedupon the period of duration of a separate sun. Noagreement is noticeable among authorities on Mexicanmythology as to the number of these suns, but itwould appear as probable that the favourite traditionstipulated for four suns or epochs, each of whichconcluded with a national disaster—flood, famine,tempest, or fire. The present aeon, they feared, mightconclude upon the completion of every sheaf offifty-two years, the sheaf being a merely arbitraryportion of an aeon. The period of time from the firstcreation to the current aeon was variously computed as15,228, 2386, or 1404 solar years, the discrepancy anddoubt arising because of the equivocal nature of thenumeral s
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