Fifth omen: the lake boils

In the fifth omen the water of Lake Texcoco foamed and surged with no wind, flooding houses in Tenochtitlan. The year is approximate.

1512 CE · 19.44, -99.10 · status: legend

The sceptical view

Seiches set off by earthquakes, or sudden storms, can raise lake water suddenly; the Valley of Mexico is seismically active.

Connections in the atlas

• The eight omens before the conquest

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Florentine Codex