 The Tzitzimimeh were also associated with the stars and especially the stars that can be seen around the Sun during a solar eclipse.This was interpreted as the Tzitzimimeh attacking the Sun, thus causing the belief that during a solar eclipse, the "tzitzimime" would descend to the earth and possess men.It was said that if at the end of a 52-year calendar round, that if they could not start a bow fire in the empty chest cavity of a sacrificed human, that the fifth sun would end, and tzitzimimes would descend to devour the last of men.