The Nahuatl Myth of the Creation of Humankind: A Coastal Connection?
Author(s)
Delhalle, Jean-Claude; Luykx, Albert
Abstract
Two engravings from the Gulf Coast seem to refer the origin of humankind to the Fifth Sun; consequently they raise again the hypothesis of the eastern position of Tamoanchan. This sacred place, at once mythical and historical, was the home of the gods; the cradle of humanity, the point of departure of the great ancestors from the Gulf (the Olmecs); it was also the paradise lost. One of these pictures predates the Nahuatl culture, and, hence, may indicate the antiquity of this myth.
