#mother earth
Children shouted as they ran through a grove of lilac trees. Petals showered their bodies and blanketed their cries.
Far above an old woman with silver hair unwrapped the bundles gently and their joy fell like the rain, so the whole world smelled of flowers.
When she let down her hair the real rain fell, curtains of gleaming water droplets. Hers was the water that set everything into motion.
Silver tendrils wove downwards through the grass and pulled on those spots deep within the earth that were just beginning to quiver.
She tugged and tugged until they shouted and ran up to chase birds and sleep in flower beds. She wrapped her hair around the youngest when the snow began to fall, and she whispered softly until spring returned.
“Someday you will all have worlds of your own, and millions of children will lay in your hair, as you lay in mine”
—DAY— —RULER— —MEANING—
Sunday Sun Success, healing, happiness
Monday Moon Intuition, women, mother figure, creativity
Tuesday Mars Energy, passion, sexuality, aggression
Wednesday Mercury Communication, the mind, siblings
Thursday Jupiter Expansion, luck, success, higher education
Friday Venus Love, art, beauty, money, women
Saturday Saturn Responsibility, structure, details
The idea for this amulet comes from India.
1. Go out at dawn and pluck a small piece of bark from the east side of a tree (where it gets the morning light)
2. Bind this with a piece of yellow or gold- tones yarn
3. Say; Gathered from where the sun awoke,
The power of protection and strength I invoke!
4.Wrap the bark in natural white cloth and carry it with you often
A biracial Thor?!
How could this be??
Here’s my explanation for why I depict the mighty Thor in such a manner
This is a detail of my painting of Tlaltecuhtli, Lady of the Earth.
Above Her arms, in the painting, is the surface of the earth, upon which we dwell. Before the coming of the Spaniards, the dry season was the time of hunting, because the fields were dry and there was little work to do as a farmer. It was also the season when men went to war, and merchants travelled throughout Mesoamerica trading goods. On the left side of the painting, a merchant climbs up Her arm, which is a hill, with a pack on his back, and he speaks to two hunters who carry their game. On Her other arm, a woman gathers the now-dry corn into piles, where the corn is stored for the Winter. On Her hands men and women dance in Her honor, and offer Her pulque and smoke of copal. They make Her offerings in order to give Her the strength to bloom again, and to thank Her for Her gift of life.
You can find this painting as a print in my Etsy store! Follow the link in my bio!
These are some details of my painting of Tlaltecuhtli, Earth Lady.
On either side of Tlaltecuhtli appear two Teteo, Mictlantecuhtli, the Lord of Death, and Tlaloc, Our Lord the Rain.
The land of the dead is under the earth, and the lords of rain live in the hollow mountains. Both are accessed by caves which pierce the earth. The joints, such as elbows and knees, are thought of as openings by which one can enter the body and the solid bones. Therefore, her joints are painted with Tlaloc faces, or, sometimes, with skeletal faces. These represent the caves by which one enters the world of the Teteo of death and rain. They also represent her two poles, of life and death, and of the duality which she incarnates.
At the feet of Mictlantecuhtli are two quail. The white spots on the quail’s feathers symbolize stars, and the quail is a symbol of the night time sky. At the feet of Tlaloc is a rattlesnake. The curving, sinuous body of the snake is like the movement of lightning across the sky, and like the curving of rivers as they wind across the earth. Both animals live in caves in the ground, and therefore are bridges between the dark and mysterious world of the Teteo beneath the earth, and the world of humanity on the earth’s surface.
You can find prints of Tlaltecuhtli in my Etsy store!
Tlaltecuhtli Mother Earth Mexica Aztec Earth Goddess | Etsy México