Thus, the ancient mind knew our world as a flat, round disc surrounded by water because their ancestors walked all throughout, and found it so. This is what legend tells us. This is their truth. The world is divided into four great quadrants. At the very center is the navel.
Magical things happen at the earth's navel.
From this center Ometeotl sends forth his-her powerful energy and controls the cosmos and things to come. And from this navel the four quadrants of the earth extend all the way to the horizons, the heavens, and the surrounding celestial sea. Each of the four regions has different characteristics, as each is distinct in its relation to the passage of the sun. At the end of the earth where the sun sets, the West, is the sun's home. This is the region of the White Tezcatlipoca, who is also known as Quetzalcoatl, keeper of wisdom and things related to maize.