2027 aztec calendar end?

2027 aztec calendar end?

EricG (guest) 14 Jul 2011 12:01

I hear the Aztec calendar ends in 2027 or 2026 does this mean the world will end? If anyone who knows aztec culture or has any knowledge of the aztec calender can you please share your views and ideas.

Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

DieselHorseLAW 14 Jul 2011 12:17

The Aztecs believed that they were in the fifth sun and like all of the suns before them they would also eventually perish due to their own imperfections. Every fifty two years was marked out because they believed that fifty two years was a life cycle and at the end of any given life cycle the gods could take away all that they have and destroy the world.

So do you believe the world has ended every 52 years?

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Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

Awesomeee 14 Jul 2011 12:20

2027-52=

You go ahead and do that I aint doin math on summer :D

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Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

Awesomeee 14 Jul 2011 12:26

Its 1975 Now keep subtracting 52

And im just wondering did the aztecs really think that the world would end every 52 years? Smells like woo

More like a BBQ Every 52 years

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Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

JamesJJlm 14 Jul 2011 13:37

Aztecs were a very warrior-like culture. They weren't as interested in science and learning as their preceding culture was. So every 52 years, they would celebrate that their Gods allowed them to live another 52 year cycle. So this calendar was probably passed down from the Maya culture, and was given a different meaning. If you've ever played the game "telephone" you can probably understand how meanings of things can get mixed up as they get passed down through the ages.

Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

EricG997 19 Jul 2011 20:36

Really? what was their preceding culture?

Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

JamesJJlm 19 Jul 2011 21:00

I was referring to the Maya. Although I doubt they were the only culture to eventually become part of the Aztecs.

Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

Astrogeek 19 Jul 2011 22:48

actually, the Aztec and Maya were separate cultures, that inherited a lot of common beliefs from a prior culture (probably the Olmecs). After the 'classic' period, when he Maya culture was at its greatest extent, the Maya lived within the Aztec culture as small cultural enclaves. All of this happened before the Europeans arrived.

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Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

EricG997 19 Jul 2011 23:45

oh i see. so thats why all the cultures have similar beliefs

Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

EricG997 20 Jul 2011 02:09

though it seems the maya had a more complex and longer calendar

Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

DieselHorseLAW 20 Jul 2011 03:02

The Maya seemed to be more interested in education type things and time keeping whereas the Aztecs were more warrior like.

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Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

EricG997 20 Jul 2011 11:45

It seemed that way. didnt they have similar mythologies?

Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

EricG997 14 Jul 2011 18:22

ahh thank you all. for your comments. ive heard about it being every 52 years. this is about their religion, not scientific fact. they also believe that there have been four past worlds all ended by different things. one went by a flood. one by jaguars eating everyone. and one by a volcano and the the current sopposedly is by an earthquake. first of all these are clearly not real. since we know the earth is billions of years old and none of these things have been documented

Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

Awesomeee 15 Jul 2011 16:07

Good Job Eric!

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Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

EricG997 15 Jul 2011 16:43

Thank you awesomee. these beliefs are crazy the universe doesnt destroy itself and then recreate thats crazy. these are beliefs in aztec mythology that arent real.

Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

Tomy2011 15 Jul 2011 23:18

It's an aztec belief. The 52-year cycle is impossible because the world hasn't ended in 1975.

Re: 2027 aztec calendar end?

EricG997 18 Jul 2011 10:12

They had a ceromony called the new fire ceromony where they believe made their gods stronger so the world wouldnt end. its all mythology