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PUNTS THEM /VPOS
☀️The five suns ☀️
Well technically 5.5 ,but who counts?
Very cute all but more than a half of them (mostly tez) are responsable for the worst cosmic catastrophed
Oh and there's a cute little dog over there idk what's he's doing here but his name its xololt and has crooked legs 😁
I love eye of the serpent and Mexicolore!!!!!!
Hiiii! I was wondering if you have any resources for Mesoamerican mythology that’s good? Can be a website or book or anything really. Trying (desperately) to reconnect with my culture.
Hi!! So, so sorry for not answering sooner, but life happened lol. I’m struggling finding resources myself, considering that many were destroyed (thanks to colonization), or they were traditionally shared orally within our cultures. Some of the best resources I’ve found are often anthropology and history books, but I highly recommend doing research into the authors as well, and determine for yourself whether you trust them or not. From my own personal list here some:
Books:
Aztec & Maya: The Complete Illustrated History by Charles Phillips
The Oxford World Mythology by David Leeming
Mythology: Myths and Legends of the World by Dr. Alice Mills
Goddess Stories: Discover their mythology by Alison Davies (Has some Aztec and Native American goddesses, a Brazilian one too!)
Deck:
The Nahualli Animal Oracle Deck by Caelum Raineri and Ivory Andersen
YouTube:
Websites:
It’s a small list, but I hope it helps! I’ll also be doing some more digging and try making more posts about the gods of the Mexica :)
“Mom, am I still young?
Can I dream for a few months more?”
But I thought the moon was a pizza pie….. the song lied
Oh look thats the italian flag 😲
I feel him. I have this reaction anytime I’m near fire it’s bad
tecciztecatl having that 'actually i am not a fan....' moment
i hadn't drawn him in a while so here he is :) also i wanted to test this new fineliner i got
I WAS TRYING TO GET XIPE TOTEC WHAT THE FUCK
Chews on them violently like a dog with a new chew toy
Inspired by Caly's post
Random articles my beloved
Basically them
Aztec mythology headcanons three!
(It’s mainly on Coyol and Tecciztecatl because I’ve been thinking about them)
• Huitzilopochtli has a mega sweet tooth and will drink straight syrup
• he’s done it before and will do it again
• Coyolxauhqui was originally quite annoyed with Tecciztecatl’s presence but eventually accepted him as a sibling figure
• I imagine its quite hard to talk to the stars when they’re so far away
• a home four hundred strong to just you must be a very hard transition
• Tecciztecatl and his goofy ass might’ve made it easier
• Coyolxauhqui would definitely force him help him train
• if we’re going with the version that Tecciztecatl turns into the goddess Metzli
• then Coyolxauhqui would probably be happy to have a sister for once
• I feel like she also has some weaving skills due to caring for four hundred brothers so she would teach Metzli how to make her own clothes
• She (M) would love this
• honestly either Tecciztecatl or Metzli would just love having a supportive figure right after becoming the moon
• I don’t think Tlaloc is a bad parent overall but being either A. Treated as a disappointment or B. Thrown into the fire by Tlaloc messed Tecciztecatl up a bit
Last list here
They make me feral
Huitzilopochtli and Coyolxauhqui -
The God of War, who acts as the Sun, Huitzilopochtli was threatened by his sister, Coyolxauhqui, Goddess of the Moon, when he was yet to be born. Along with her hundreds of siblings, the Gods of the Stars, Coyolxauhqui went to attack Huitzilopochtli on the day of his birth. When he came out of his mother’s womb, he flew with a snake covered in flames and beheaded and killed her, then proceeded to slay the rest of the Star Gods.
[Not involved in the project]
WHAT THE FUCK!!!! I FORGOT TO REBLOG!!!!!!
I don't know how well oc art typically does on tumblr, but I'm dropping Coyoxauqui (based on the aztec goddess) here anyway, because she looks so cool actually
I don't know how to start a conversation so have this Tecciztecatl :>
Omg thank you so much EEEEE
Teefers
Okay maybe I'll work on him next
YEESSS YOUNG HUITZILOPOCHTLI MY BELOVED
Have another drawing :3 Coatlicue and my oc Ilhuitl
OH I LOVE IT! I love coatlicue very very much! In return, have these versions of Huitzilopotchli and Tezcatlipoca I drew in my sketchbook for a Aztec-based fantasy novel I'm working on! Huitz is supposed to be around 16 so take that with a grain of salt :>
Wait I didn’t see this
Oh yeah, Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue are considered to be Tecciztecatl's parents! (page 622)
Im okay I can read this without getting angry
Don’t buy Aztec Myths by Jake Jackson there’s a bunch of blatant mistranslations and misinformation
This is just for the gods. There’s also like culture misinformation and it’s just bad
HIM HIIIIIM
I'M NOT DEAD!!!
Just working on uni stuff. Have a preview that just so happens to be Tlaloc 😆
Don’t buy Aztec Myths by Jake Jackson there’s a bunch of blatant mistranslations and misinformation
This is just for the gods. There’s also like culture misinformation and it’s just bad
You’re so real for this.
Tezcatlipoca needs to start paying rent, cause thinking about him is taking up too much mind space. I have a fucking essay due!!!!
Bitches love my copy of the codex Chimalpopoca
BIG MAMA
The four Tezcatlipocas each have illustrations where they have Tez' face markings for their different colors so I thought. For my designs. They would have them for their. Fucking. "Tezcatlipoca forms" in which they get a buff, since he's written to be the strongest of the four
They get his face markings and their own smoking mirrors! Quetz' smoke looks like a wind jewel, Xipe's looks like roseate spoonbill feathers and Huitzi's looks like Xiuhcoatl
Also appreciation for these Huitzi and Coyolli that I drew for a little lineup
Because I didn't draw Coatlicue big enough last time. Woah mama
GOOD LORD THERES A TORNADO
Alright who pissed off the rain gods
:0
Quetzalcoatl as depicted in Codex Borbonicus
Fuck but because I feel bad eating him and there’s too much for me to reasonably eat
The Feathered Serpent is a prominent supernatural entity or deity found in many Mesoamerican religions. It is called Quetzalcoatl among the Aztecs; Kukulkan among the Yucatec Maya; and Q'uq'umatz and Tohil among the K'iche' Maya. The double symbolism used by the Feathered Serpent is considered allegoric to the dual nature of the deity: Being feathered represents its divine nature or ability to fly to reach the skies; being a serpent represents its human nature or ability to creep on the ground among other animals of the Earth, a dualism very common in Mesoamerican deities.
See Also:
Quetzalcoatl is a deity in Aztec culture and literature. Among the Aztecs, he was related to wind, Venus, Sun, merchants, arts, crafts, knowledge, and learning. He was also the patron god of the Aztec priesthood
Earth Lord? Earth Lady? Who cares
I’m just gonna make this a series of random shit that happens in the codex
Are we supposed to slide past the Nanahuatzin part-
Yaotl you did what
