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From the Ted Talk by Kay Almere Read: The Aztec myth of the unlikeliest sun god
Unscramble the Blue Letters
There had already been four woldrs, each set in motion by its own “Lord Sun," and each, in turn, destroyed: the first by jaguars, the next by winds, the next by rains of fire, and the fourth by floods. To establish the Fifth Sun, Lord Quetzalcoatl, the “Feathered Serpent,” had gone to the underworld and rneeurtd with the bones of earlier people, nonrsiuhig them with his own blood to create new life. But for them to have a world to live in, another god had to leap into the great birfone and become the fifth sun. The Lord of sacnnustee and the Lord of Fire had chosen Nanahuatl for this task, while the Lord of Rain and the Lord of the Four Quarters had pkeicd their own offering: the pruod, rich Tecciztecatl.
Open Cloze
There had already been four ______, each set in motion by its own “Lord Sun," and each, in turn, destroyed: the first by jaguars, the next by winds, the next by rains of fire, and the fourth by floods. To establish the Fifth Sun, Lord Quetzalcoatl, the “Feathered Serpent,” had gone to the underworld and ________ with the bones of earlier people, __________ them with his own blood to create new life. But for them to have a world to live in, another god had to leap into the great _______ and become the fifth sun. The Lord of __________ and the Lord of Fire had chosen Nanahuatl for this task, while the Lord of Rain and the Lord of the Four Quarters had ______ their own offering: the _____, rich Tecciztecatl.
Solution
- nourishing
- sustenance
- bonfire
- returned
- proud
- worlds
- picked
Original Text
There had already been four worlds, each set in motion by its own “Lord Sun," and each, in turn, destroyed: the first by jaguars, the next by winds, the next by rains of fire, and the fourth by floods. To establish the Fifth Sun, Lord Quetzalcoatl, the “Feathered Serpent,” had gone to the underworld and returned with the bones of earlier people, nourishing them with his own blood to create new life. But for them to have a world to live in, another god had to leap into the great bonfire and become the fifth sun. The Lord of Sustenance and the Lord of Fire had chosen Nanahuatl for this task, while the Lord of Rain and the Lord of the Four Quarters had picked their own offering: the proud, rich Tecciztecatl.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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lord dawn |
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lord sun |
3 |
Important Words
- blood
- bones
- bonfire
- chosen
- create
- earlier
- establish
- fire
- floods
- fourth
- god
- great
- jaguars
- leap
- life
- live
- lord
- motion
- nanahuatl
- nourishing
- people
- picked
- proud
- quarters
- quetzalcoatl
- rain
- rains
- returned
- rich
- serpent
- set
- sun
- sustenance
- task
- tecciztecatl
- turn
- underworld
- winds
- world
- worlds