The Aztec View of the World

The Aztecs visualized the earth as a flat disk surrounded by water (sometimes it was also seen as a giant crocodilian monster swimming in a sea covered by water lilies) and was divided into four cardinal directions:
EAST- the east of the rising sun signified birth, life, and masculinity
WEST- the west of the setting sun signified death, destruction, and
femininity.
NORTH AND SOUTH-
ABOVE- above the earth rose the thirteen layers of the heavens, the
place of the clouds, the sun, the moon, and the planets and
stars. The topmost heaven was the home of the Lord and
Lady Duality. The upper world of the sun was also the
paradise of warriors killed in battle, sacrificial victims, and
women who died in childbirth.
BELOW- the underworld was divided into nine layers and was
governed by the nine lords of the night. The entrance to
the earth was through the gaping jaws of a saurian earth
monster. The underworld was the destination of those who
died an ordinary death. Their souls had to travel through
the many dangers and could be accompanied by a small
dog. This was not a place of punishment- unpleasant but
morally indifferent. Underworld related to night and
starry sky, while the upper world related to the daytime
and the sunny sky.