December 2, 2018
Alexander was born in San Antonio, Texas and is a pre-med biology major in the class of 2022 at St. Mary’s University. He enjoys learning the world through the lenses of science but also finds history fascinating, especially history regarding the cold war and civilizations in the Americas. He is also enjoys playing the violin and reading anything related to neurology.
Author Portfolio PageAnalisa Cervantes
Before now I had always believed Teotihuacán had been built by the Aztec peoples. I also never knew that before the Aztec’s settled there they were immigrants. I find it very amazing that the author included the Aztec creation story. It gives insight to their beliefs. I love history and learning more about the Aztecs culture helps us better understand how they lived their lives
10/09/2019
2:29 pm
Kenneth Gilley
While I had heard of Teotihuacan before, I had not heard the legends behind it. It is a shame that the people who built the city did not leave us any written record of who they were or what they did. That Teotihuacan had a population of over 200,000 people at one time is astonishing. How could they have created such an organized society without writing?
12/09/2019
2:29 pm
Amelia Hew
This is the first time I read about the Teotihuacán and the story was very intriguing. It fun to read about how the four worlds were destroyed and rebuilt again and how the survivors of the individual worlds were turned into different animals from different habitats. The part where the gods sacrificed themselves to form a new world makes this story unique from other mythologies. Personally, I really enjoy reading mythologies and this story sparks my interest in the Aztecs culture.
12/09/2019
2:29 pm
Vanessa Quetzeri
This article is so interesting. I have visited the ruins several times, but never heard the story in such depth.The concept of sacrificing oneself for a new world to develop or just the fact that several worlds developed consecutively after another, will never fail to puzzle me. Whether this story is true or not, it is an explanation of how Teotihuacan came to be, and why it is considered a legend.
12/09/2019
2:29 pm
Brianna Trevino
This article was very informative behind the legend of Teotihuacan. It really hit my curiosity because I found it very interesting to learn that they believed that out of this emerged the whole human society. and order. It clearly meant a great deal of importance to the Teotihuacan people that these beliefs were true because the new world of the fifth sun began it was because of the sacrifice of the gods themselves.
13/09/2019
2:29 pm
Margaret Maguire
This article is really interesting and neat. I know that the Aztecs believed in many gods and that there was a scare that the world was supposed to end because of the Aztec calendar ending in 2013 I believe, but other than that I don’t know a lot about the Aztec mythology. I didn’t know that they believed that the world was created and destroyed four different times before creating the one we know of today. I also learned that the capital, Teotihuacan, translates to “city of gods” which is pretty cool.
14/09/2019
2:29 pm
Patricia Arechiga
Though I have visited these ruins before, I never knew there was this much history behind the Aztecs. I find it crazy how people truly believed sacrificing lives pleased Gods. Knowing that the world was destroyed four times prior to the current world is pretty fascinating to me. The story behind the moon and ancestors to certain animals is pretty interesting and certainly out of the ordinary for me, I won’t lie. I honestly find history so interesting and truly wonder what life was like for the Aztecs. Hard to wrap my head around the fact that there is still so much mystery to them.
14/09/2019
2:29 pm
Kristina Tijerina
I enjoy the fact that the author implemented so much background history as to how Teotihuacan was built. It’s crazy to me that there are no written records that indicate who actually founded this once glorious city, and who lived on these grounds prior to when the Aztecs came. The legends that are told about how the city was created are so interesting, like vegetarian giants and jaguars killing them off, even the sacrifices. The different gods throwing themselves into the fire to make the city go in motion is really baffling. It’s really exciting to learn things about such interesting places that are big parts of history.
15/09/2019
2:29 pm
Alexander Avina
I wasn’t fully aware of the extent of advanced civilization that was thriving in the Americas. This was a really interesting article about a subject that I wasn’t too familiar with. I enjoyed hearing about this subject on a deeper level. This article was written on a very intriguing subject. This was written very well and included many important facts that I didn’t know before. This was jammed with important and interesting information about this unique culture. This was definitely a very well-written article.
17/09/2019
2:29 pm
Victoria Davis
It was so interesting to learn more history and the different stories that are out there. It really leaves you wanting to know more about Teotihuacan since its history is a little unknown, but hearing of how the world was created and destroyed four different times was very appealing. How each God played a role and the contribution they all needed to make for where we are now.
09/09/2019
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