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From the Ted Talk by Kay Almere Read: The Aztec myth of the unlikeliest sun god

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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

  1. nourishing
  2. sustenance
  3. bonfire
  4. returned
  5. proud
  6. worlds
  7. 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

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
lord dawn 3
lord sun 3

Important Words

  1. blood
  2. bones
  3. bonfire
  4. chosen
  5. create
  6. earlier
  7. establish
  8. fire
  9. floods
  10. fourth
  11. god
  12. great
  13. jaguars
  14. leap
  15. life
  16. live
  17. lord
  18. motion
  19. nanahuatl
  20. nourishing
  21. people
  22. picked
  23. proud
  24. quarters
  25. quetzalcoatl
  26. rain
  27. rains
  28. returned
  29. rich
  30. serpent
  31. set
  32. sun
  33. sustenance
  34. task
  35. tecciztecatl
  36. turn
  37. underworld
  38. winds
  39. world
  40. worlds