#tonatiuh
This painting is part of the story of the creation of the Fifth Sun, which is the sun under which we live. The Lord of Snails and Nanahuatzin, the Syphilitic Lord, leapt into the Spirit Fire. The Lord of Snails grew afraid when he felt the extreme heat of the Spirit Fire, and held back. Nanahuatzin, however, fearlessly went forward and leapt into the heart of the Spirit Fire. The Lord of Snails, when he saw this, felt ashamed, and leapt also into the Spirit Fire, but even then, because of his cowardice, he leapt only into its coals and ashes, where he too was consumed by the fire. In honor of the sacrifices of the two Teteo, the jaguar and the eagle leapt over the flame, thereby proving their bravery and acquiring their stripes and spots from the smoky ashes of the fire. The sacrificed Teteo arose in the East as two great suns. The gathered Teteo threw a rabbit in the face of the Lord of Snails, thus dimming his brilliance and transforming him into the Moon.
This painting will be on display at Art Bug Gallery! You can also find it as a print in my Etsy store! Click here!
Today is the first Zenith Passage of the Sun over Mexico City, an event in which no shadow is casted on the ground. On this date the Sun defeats His enemies, the creatures of darkness, and devours obscurity to give light, wisdom and justice.
Tonatiuh is Our Father the Sun, the Celestial Lord who gives solidity, warmth and life to the world. Every night He must travel through the dangers of the Underworld to gloriously rise again in the East.
You can find prints of Tonatiuh in my Etsy store! Click here!
Tonatiuh is Our Lord the Sun. His name means You Are Like a Shining, a reference to His role as illuminator and creator of the World. Every morning He defeats the forces of darkness, who seek to conquer the cosmos, and He brings order to the places where chaos reigns. In the evening, however, He is defeated by the creatures of the night, who devour Him, and in death He descends to the Underworld, from which He emerges victorious at sunrise.
One of His nahualtin or spirit animals is the deer, which, like the Sun, jumps all over the sky.
This painting of Tonatiuh is part of the art of the Tarot Yohualli Ehecatl. You can find Him as a print in my Etsy store!
Tenochtitlan
July 1st 1530. Cortés and his men escape from Tenochtitlan, city of the Aztecs, only the ones who discarded the gold made it to the boats.
Tenochtitlan by Darío Mekler
July 1st 1530. Cortés and his men escape from Tenochtitlan, city of the Aztecs, only the ones who discarded the gold made it to the boats.
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