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  (Aztec Deity)NANAUTZIN

/Also known as NANA, NANAUATZIN, NANAHUATZIN/


    The seemingly insignificant God of not-a-lot dressed in a garment
    made from swamp reeds, mishapen, ugly and covered in scabs. But he
    was braver than he looked.

Having answered the Gods advert for a hero to light up the world, he
arrived at the interview to find he was 50% of the total applicants.

Tecuciztecatl <tecuciztecatl.php> was the competition and he looked
smart, dressed as a hummingbird and dripping with bling.

"/I'm screwed/" thought Nanautzin, the scabby God of, well, scabs..

But what's this? The Gods had put a four strikes and your out system in
place. Tecuciztecatl had tried and failed to jump into the sacrificial
fire three times .. he was terrified! Wiping the sweat from his brow he
wound up for one last try, he went charging towards the sacrificial
flames and .."/YOU'RE OUTTA THERE!/" He'd bottled it again.

"/This is it/", thought little Nanautzin "/This is my chance for
immortality/." He closed his eyes tight and charged the bonfire.

"/Oh shit!"/ thought the Gods "/He's got his eyes closed, what if he
misses?!/"

They had a point. He was their last hope, what if he did miss, and hit a
tree, or fell off the top of the alter .. and died? The implications
didn't bear thinking about. The Gods closed their eyes too.

But they needn't have worried. Nanautzin <nanautzin.php> hit the heart
of the fire, Tecuciztecatl <tecuciztecatl.php> followed him in out of
shame, which had implications, and the God previously known as the
Scabby one became the fifth and current Sun God.

His new name was Tonatiuh <tonatiuh.php> and if the Gods had known he
was going to be such a pain in the arse they would've thrown
Tecuciztecatl in first!