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

Unscramble the Blue Letters

At long last, five other gods agreed to sfrcaicie themselves. One by one, Lord Death sebabtd them in the heart with an oisbadin knife, offering their bodies to their new Lord Sun. As the last god made the sacrifice, Lord Quetzalcoatl blew the ebmers of the gerat fire back to life, and the sun beagn to move through the sky at last, ushering in the fifth age. Thanks to a pimply weakling whose fortitude inspired all the other gods, the sun moves along its daily path, the rabbit-faced moon following in its wake.

Open Cloze

At long last, five other gods agreed to _________ themselves. One by one, Lord Death _______ them in the heart with an ________ knife, offering their bodies to their new Lord Sun. As the last god made the sacrifice, Lord Quetzalcoatl blew the ______ of the _____ fire back to life, and the sun _____ to move through the sky at last, ushering in the fifth age. Thanks to a pimply weakling whose fortitude inspired all the other gods, the sun moves along its daily path, the rabbit-faced moon following in its wake.

Solution

  1. sacrifice
  2. obsidian
  3. embers
  4. stabbed
  5. great
  6. began

Original Text

At long last, five other gods agreed to sacrifice themselves. One by one, Lord Death stabbed them in the heart with an obsidian knife, offering their bodies to their new Lord Sun. As the last god made the sacrifice, Lord Quetzalcoatl blew the embers of the great fire back to life, and the sun began to move through the sky at last, ushering in the fifth age. Thanks to a pimply weakling whose fortitude inspired all the other gods, the sun moves along its daily path, the rabbit-faced moon following in its wake.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. age
  2. agreed
  3. began
  4. blew
  5. bodies
  6. daily
  7. death
  8. embers
  9. fire
  10. fortitude
  11. god
  12. gods
  13. great
  14. heart
  15. inspired
  16. knife
  17. life
  18. long
  19. lord
  20. moon
  21. move
  22. moves
  23. obsidian
  24. offering
  25. path
  26. pimply
  27. quetzalcoatl
  28. sacrifice
  29. sky
  30. stabbed
  31. sun
  32. ushering
  33. wake
  34. weakling