Aztec – Sun Stone / Aztec Calendar / Tonalpohualli / Xiuhpohualli / Tlaltecuhtli – Mandala
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Aztec Sun Stone mandala: innermost central Tonatiuh Sun God face characteristic fierce frontal Sun God face large protruding knife-blade-form downward-protruding tongue obsidian-blade sacrificial-knife tongue form large staring Tonatiuh eyes large elaborate headdress-crown characteristic four Nahui Ollin Four Movement symbols surrounding Tonatiuh face four square cartouche-framed sun-symbol glyphs each four previous world-ages — first concentric ring characteristic Aztec Tonalpohualli 260-day ritual calendar twenty individual day-signs glyphs Cipactli Ehecatl Calli Cuetzpallin Coatl Miquiztli Mazatl Tochtli Atl Itzcuintli Ozomatli Malinalli Acatl Ocelotl Cuauhtli Cozcacuauhtli Ollin Tecpatl Quiahuitl Xochitl radially evenly-spaced ring — second concentric ring characteristic Aztec Xiuhpohualli 365-day solar calendar month-signs eighteen 20-day months plus 5 extra days running continuously — third concentric ring characteristic Aztec Sun Rays and Xiuhcoatl Fire Serpent border eight major sun-ray projections alternating Xiuhcoatl Fire Serpent panels — outermost border ring characteristic Aztec two-serpent Cipactli cosmic-serpent bodies encircling entire stone large open-jawed serpent-head medallions four cardinal direction points.
