Fifth World

alternative 5th World

1. A world in a number of American mythologies:
   1. human sciencesSynonym of Fifth Sun.

      The Aztec did not realize that all people are the Children of the Creator. They failed to conquer the Fifth World. Instead, Western man conquered the Aztec, and tried to destroy what he thought was Indian Religion.

      1975, Tony Shearer, Beneath the Moon and Under the Sun: A Poetic Re-appraisal of the Sacred Calendar and the Prophecies of Ancient Mexico, Sun Publishing Company, page 107

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      In the Aztec tradition, the Fifth World is the last one, and after a tremendous quake destroys it, the earth is not re-created. According to the Aztecs, human sacrifice is required to prolong the age of the Fifth World or the ritual letting of blood keeps the sun in motion—it is when the sun stops that the earth begins to quake and the apocalypse occurs.

      2004, Lorena Laura Stookey, Thematic Guide to World Mythology, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 20

      Synonyms: Fifth Sun

   2. lifestyleThe world which will succeed the destruction of the present world, which is the Túwaquachi (also known as the Fourth World).

      The Hopi people believe that the Fourth World will eventually need to be purified and renewed. They believe that if they hold onto their way of life, they will be able to use their culture to benefit life in a Fifth World.

      2021, Gregson Schachner, Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma, Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Wesley Bernardini, Becoming Hopi: A History, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 16

      Synonyms: Fifth Cycle

   3. Navajohuman sciencesThe present world, which the Navajo travelled through four worlds to reach.

      The Fourth World was not satisfactory so First Man led the Beings again upward to the Fifth and present world where again were found pre-existent Beings. From these, by magic, the Fifth World was won.

      1956, Robert W. Young, The Navajo Yearbook of Planning in Action, number 5, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, page 189

2. obsoleteCollectively, micronations which are advanced or developed; above the Sixth World and below.
   1. broadlydatedobsoleterareCollectively, all micronations.