Morals of the Fifth Sun

The moral of this story can be seen at the very end. The Aztec gods choose to sacrifice themselves so that the humans of earth would have a chance at life. Without this sacrifice human life wouldn’t be possible. But this sacrifice was not free, the Aztecs believed that it important to honour the gods, and the sun, for their sacrifice. They saw the sun as a living body, Like a living body, that cosmic beast of the Fifth Sun must be fed if its life were to continue. Yet, that desired continuance of the fifth sun was never promised. It was even guaranteed to end. Sacrifice, as a moral act which might continue life, would be rewarded with insufferable destruction if it were not performed. But there appears to have been no guarantee that it would be rewarded with continued good life if it were performed. In other words, suffering just is, and, while it behooves one to be moral, that act alone cannot promise to fend off the amoral human condition.

Aztec morals could also be seen in there law, for example, it is interesting to note that the crimes demanding the most extreme manner of sacrifice - that of death - were those of theft, adultery, drunkenness, and poor artistry.