#aztec mythology
aztec mythology series ➝ coyolxauhqui
Coyolxauhqui was the moon goddess according to Aztec mythology. She was the daughter of the Earth goddess, Coatlicue and the sister of the sun god, Huitzilopochtli.
“Coyolxauhqui, upon learning that her mother was pregnant from an unknown father, encouraged her four hundred sisters and brothers to kill her in order to amend the dishonor. When they arrived, Coatlicue gave birth to Huitzilopochtli, who sprang out of his mother as an adult fully armed and saved her.
In the end, Coatlicue regretted such violence. Thus, after cutting off Coyolxauhqui’s limbs, Huitzilopochtli tossed her head into the sky where it became the moon, so that his mother would be comforted in seeing her daughter in the sky every night.”
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MYTHOLOGY AROUND THE WORLD → night deities
“The twilight tints have left the sky, and night commences her watch over the world, high in the heavens is her taper lit, around which will soon glow a thousand kindred flames.” —Henry James Slack
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In the vast underground cities of México, life flourish, the xantilmeh trade with old and new merchandise in their shops and markets, the youkai, the barbaric invaders of their lands, now live among them, not as an equal, but they try to understand each other, two ways of life collide.
https://www.facebook.com/Diiros-Nontop-ART-491193821075399/?fref=ts
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Iztapaltotec “Our Lord Sandstone”
Deified Sacrifitial Knife, he is an aspect of Xipe Totec, he is an obscure God, known only from the Aztec calendar, he is patron of the Ce Tochtli (one rabbit) trecena. He is depicted as a personified knife.
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mythological creatures in literature | H u i t z i l o p o c h t l i
Huitzilopochtli was one of the most important deities in the Aztec pantheon and for the Méxica he was the supreme god. He was the god of the sun and war, considered the patron of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán and associated with gold, warriors and rulers.
While, midst dark tufts of savage plants, unstirred
by any breathing of benignant airs,
Huitzilopochtli in his pyramid
sits keeping watch.Out from the god are darting livid flames
into the tropic night; he scents your blood,
and with his gaze o’ersweeps the spreading main,
howling, “Oh come!- Giosuè Carducci, Miramar
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Some of my stuff based in mythology! Some old, some new.
First row: Godfather death (Grimm’s Fairy Tales)
Second Row: Anansi the Spider (African), Tezcatlipoca (Aztec)
Third Row: Tlaloc (Aztec)
Fourth Row: Finn MacCool (Celtic), Nekhbet with Seti I (Egyptian)
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Aside from eating it, the Aztecs threaded popcorn on strings for decorations and used to make it by heating dried maize with sand, so I thought it would be a nice idea to make a WNUT strip featuring delicious popcorn… and the introduction to a few more gods!
Being the sun god, Tonatiuh gets a little hotter than others when his cheeks are burning, not to mention the fact that having the fire of the sun in you is going to make things a little sticky if you’re carrying a basket of popping corn!
The two lovely ladies are Tezcatlipoca’s wives of which he had 4 in total, the sexy bastard! Chicomecoatl, also known by the name of Xilonen when dealing with unripened corn, was the Aztec corn goddess, and said to be Tezcatlipoca’s favourite wife… I gave her a slightly cheeky side, not to mention the fact that if it’s fun, she will do exactly what Tezca wishes. The second goddess in this strip is Tlaloc’s older sister, Huixtocihuatl, who was the goddess of salt. It is said that she was granted power over salt water when the Tlalocs tried to drown her… that must have been some family squabble! Huixto will not put up with anyone’s crap, which must prove to be a mighty challenge seen as she is married to Tezca… the ultimate troll of the Aztec pantheon.
Hope you like it!
Since it’s difficult to read it on here, I recommend checking it out on my DA where you can find it here!
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Largest Aztec temple was decorated with over 100 starfish
“The last well-preserved layer of the temple was the one Ahuizotl ordered built in 1487. And that’s where archaeologists discovered the galaxy of starfish that the Aztec priests had once offered to Huitzilopochtli.”
John Galliano for Christian Dior
Tribute to Marchesa Luisa Casati
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