#Ai Apaec

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[doyouknowmarvelcomiccharacter]

[elgaberino-mcoc]

“ANY SIX-ARMED SPIDEY” has been added to the MCOC Wishlist

You can vote for this entry if you think @MarvelChampions should add someone like Man-Spider, Doppelganger, Dark Spider-Man, etc.

[telekineticmaniac]

Been working on fixing these weird lobster claw looking props I made for AB this year! I genuinely love these things — they are so weird!

[zillyeah]

Ai apaec - L’eroe Mochica

Può essere una favola, una storia, un’avventura è semplicemente il mondo, la vita concepita da un punto di vista diverso da quello che siamo abitualmente pensare. C’è la terra il cielo il mare e il mondo sotterraneo con tutta la natura possibile, c’è un eroe che vuole dare al suo popolo il sole che scende giù nel mare nell’abisso, per poterlo raggiungere dovrà sconfiggere creature e dare in…

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Moche/Mochica culture (Peru) ''Bottle neck with handle representing an anthropomorphic character with supernatural features (hero Ai Apaec) …'', 200 BC - 800 AD. © Museo Larco

[xphaiea]

Moche Culture sculpture of Ai Apaec, The Decapitator), gold, copper and polished stone

[marveldcnerdys]

Dark Avengers: 10 Most Powerful Members in Marvel History

Marvel’s Dark Avengers team hasn’t been around for long, but its various iterations have included some of the most powerful villains and antiheroes in the Marvel Universe. First formed by Norman Osborn during his Dark Reign leadership of H.A.M.M.E.R., the Dark Avengers were an intended insult to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (Avengers), with major villains dressed as their iconic costumes.

Norman Osborn got the public’s attention on his by manufacturing his own version of heroes like Ms. Marvel and Spider-Man, often by recruiting those who hated the original heroes.

While the Dark Avengers may have been fake heroes, they were always intended as an effective strike force against the biggest threats the world had to offer, helping Norman Osborn to retain his power.

From Doctor Doom and Morgan Le Fay to the Molecule Man and the Gods of Asgard, this Supervillains team took on towering threats, rising to the occasion with earth-shaking powers.

10 Gorgon

9 Iron Patriot (Dark Avengers version of Iron Man)

8 Toxie Doxie (Dark Avengers version of Wanda Maximoff)

7 AI Apaec (Dark Avengers version of Spider-man)

6 Sueperia

5. Moonstone

4. Skaar (Son of Hulk)

3 Ragnarok (Dark Avengers version of Thor)

2 Ares

1 Sentry

[fetznerdeathrecords]

Abhorration - Demonolatry

Death Metal from Oslo, Norway

Formed in early 2020 in Oslo, Norway's ABHORRATION featured members hailing from such bands as Condor, Nekromantheon, Hecatomb, Resonaut, Purple Hill Witch, and Obliteration. While one could reasonably expect what sound might result from such a conglomeration, the power-trio's first public recording, 2021's After Winter Comes War EP, aimed for an olde-world Metal of Death that abounded with a refreshing sense of the "new." Now, ABHORRATION are prepared to go deeper into the olde vs. "new" with their first full-length.

1. Chamber of Agilarept 05:16 2. Ai Apaec 05:55 3. Spawn of an Abhorrent Entity 07:34 4. Invoke Them 06:30 5. The Grace of Immolation 05:21 6. Demonolatry 06:13

Release date: Oktober 4th, 2024 via @invictus_productions

[little-witchys-garden]

Why I love using cats in my witchcraft

I love cats, they're one of my favorite creatures and one of the few creatures I love using in my witchcraft.

I love cat symbolism, cat figures, cat themed things, cat magick, connecting with cat spirits, and allowing my own pet cats in my witchcraft.

So let's talk about cats!

The spiritual symbolism of Cats:

cats are symbolic of rebirth and resurrection, per their nine lives. Because they are nocturnal, they are also associated with darkness independence, guardian energy, the esoteric, and mystery, elegance, curiosity, independence, protection, magic, and other notable qualities.

Divine cats connect with:

Bastet

Sekhmet

Eros

Nergal

Mafdet

Kasha

Wadjet

Mishipeshu

Nyx

Selene

Ceridwen

Palu

Dawon

the yule cat

The cat sithe

Brighid

Ovinnik

Hecate

Li Shou

Ai-Apaec

Bòge cat

Freya

Maneki-neko

Tezcatlipoca

Kapitángan

And that's not even all not them!

Different cats have different meanings:

Yep that's right! We all know the black cat = bad luck thing but did you know there's lots of superstitions around cats? I'll name a few!

Black cats are bad luck unless you're a sailor or a witch then they're good luck.

For sailors white cats were bad luck!

Calico cats in Japan are actually seen as good luck and even luckier if they have a bobbed tail!

It is bad luck to cross a stream carrying a cat.

If a cat purrs at nothing, a ghost is in the room.

Bathing a cat will cause it to rain.

A cat at a wedding is a good omen

If you can pluck a pure white hair from an all-black cat without being scratched, you will be lucky all your life long

Cats can see death

Fishermen’s wives believe that their husbands will be safe at sea if a black cat is kept in the house

A kitten being born the same day as your baby means your baby will have a lucky life.

Blue eyed cats are good luck

Cats spread gossip so they should not enter rooms where private discussions are taking place.

When you see a one-eyed cat, spit on your thumb, stamp your palm with your thumb and make a wish.

Killing a cat means 17-18 years of bad luck

If a cat jumps across a grave, that corpse will return as a vampire.

If a cat sneezes three times, someone else is going to catch a cold.

If a cat has kittens in your house, it is a sign that your house has no evil spirits

If you head off on a journey and see a cat on your left side, it is a sign of good luck.

Visiting a home with a cat? Kiss the cat for good luck.

And that’s just a few cat superstitions!

Cats in witchcraft/spirituality in history:

Cats were feared and thought to indicate the presence of evil, either being the Devil himself, or a witch in disguise, a demon, a faery in disguise, undead, immortal or a ghost.

As early as the 13th century, the Catholic Church linked cats to Satan, heretics, witches, pagans, demons, ghosts, the fae, vampires and zombies. Over time during slavery of both the Irishs and Africans the church connected them too hoodoo, voodoo and Irish paganism though it was mostly because slaves would keep these creatures as cherished companions during their years of slavery since cats were a plenty and often times were from/born on the plantations. Cats also had a connection to native Americans as well! Many cats essentially pregnant Cats get abandoned by their owners left on many reservations, these abandoned cats become the devoted pets and mouse hunters on reservations helping in keeping rodent populations down And with that came native based spiritual beliefs around cats! Cats have been beloved and faithful companions of the oppressed for centuries!

Also just adding in feng shui cats are seen as protectors and good luck!

Cats also are symbols of femininity, queerness, ABC being on trans spectrum.

There's so much more about cats in mythology, folklore, superstitions, witchcraft and other spiritual beliefs!

So if you wanna add animal symbolism into your craft then the protective, lucky and mysterious cat might be for you!

Artists name on photo!

[nianderful]

and now: a not-so-brief tangent on jaguar (2024) from an ivette velez stan

hello! it's been a while since i made a post like this but it's for a good reason! and i have a Lot to say so i'm putting it under a cut.

not a lot of people who follow me may know about this but i've been kind of losing it (/pos) over one of archie comics' latest oneshots— the jaguar, which came out about a couple of weeks back. it's a pretty great comic, and one that means a lot to me as someone who's actually been a fan of ivette velez/jaguar II for quite a long time. ask anyone who follows me on discord and they'll tell you; i can talk about this catgirl for hours.

while i find new crusaders to be pretty....alright, ivette's character was the only one that stuck with me. i related a lot to her shyness and fear, and found it wonderful to read about her overcoming her fears and rising up as a hero.

go ahead, girl. i am of the opinion that she carries this comic in terms of writing. (ian flynn had only 20% of his power, and it went into her) as for mighty crusaders 2017, i found it to be....Fine but hey! The Girl! Yay!

(i think 2017!ivette is cool...when i'm able to ignore the inconsistent lore. i'm a bit of a lore nut) so to sum up: i've been a fan of ivette velez for a long time. and i've pleaded with the comic gods for her to get her due for. well. a long time (again just ask my discord pals) so you can imagine how happy i was when the jaguar oneshot was announced last year. it was a very wonderful day. i was finally being fed after so long three and a half months later, here i am, and let me preface by saying: the jaguar is great. it's the comic i always dreamed of ivette getting. and i can't really go on without saying thank you to the creative team. you worked magic and i hope you know that.

i don't want this to be a super long post going through a play-by-play of this comic so i'm going to talk about what i came out liking the most: the meaning and pathos it gives to ivette as a character, and the jaguar name.

let me preface this by admitting something: as much as i adore ivette in new crusaders, i'm starting to realize/understand that her character's sort of....bare-bones. i love her dearly but it's kind of true. she's just shy and scared and little else until she's not. while she’s still the only new crusader to get something resembling an arc, a lot of it is “shy one stands up for herself”.

and, again, i love her for that! there aren't a lot of superhero characters i'm able to see myself in, because a lot of the time, shy girls don't become heroes.

but part of appreciating the jaguar meant accepting the reality that there wasn't much to her in new crusaders. and that makes me appreciate with the former comic did with her all the more

the first two pages of the oneshot do wonderfully with establishing her relationship with her heritage—she doesn't really have one.

(i can talk about how much i love tango's art all day, how it does a phenomenal job showing us not just how reserved ivette is, but how insecure she feels answering the question "are you from peru?")

this is so much more than what we got in new crusaders; instead of being Shy And Nothing More, she's shy...and someone who clearly has a bunch of baggage. and this isn't even getting into the pathos this story adds to the jaguar name. in new crusaders, it's simply ivette's hero identity. her powers come from the helmet of ai apaec, but there's nothing more than that.

but in the jaguar, ai apaec's helmet (and his entire existence) is tied to ivette's growth. and we learn as the comic goes on that the name 'jaguar' means more to her than a superhero moniker

one of the parts of this comic that struck me the most is the panel talking about one of the peruvian ruins ivette visits

this panel sticks with me because. there's a lot of parallels to ivette's backstory. the legend of a girl who lost her parents...

... and became a powerful jaguar.

it's pretty clear that ivette's got close ties to this legend, and that's before we learn where ai apaec factors in all this.

again, let's go back to new crusaders for a bit. in that comic, ai apaec's just a bloodthirsty god who looks down on ivette at first...

...and only gives her his powers when she tells him where to stick it.

(there's just a bit more to their dynamic than that actually but. not relevant)

in the jaguar, though, we learn pretty quickly that ai apaec was the god mentioned in the panel discussing the jaguar's lair...

and we're reminded that ivette is the girl in that legend. and also may be an reincarnation of ai apaec. the guy's not just the source of her powers; they're one in the same.

(these panels are so SICK man the art in this slaps so hard)

the dynamic between ai apaec and ivette just feels deeper than it is in new crusaders. he's instrumental in her growth and self-realization. his last bit of dialogue is....augh

(it's probably not a coincidence that ai apaec's appearance is more jaguar-esque than it is in new crusaders)

the main takeaway i got from all this: ivette velez Is the jaguar, and not just because that's her hero name.

all of this comes together in the final page of the comic, where ivette is able to answer the question "are you from peru?" with certainty—and in spanish no less.

honestly, this is just part of the package. i haven't even gotten into the writing or the villain (and i'm not telling. read the comic you yahoos) and again i could gush about the art all day.

but this is the number one thing i appreciate about the jaguar. it takes a character who was pretty two-dimensional in her debut and adds meaning, depth, and emotion to her character. she's so much more than who she was, and while i love both iterations, i can't deny that.

to end this little spiel: i made this post last year. and in said post i expressed my dream that ivette would get her own shadow of the batgirl.

and now i can say that wish has been granted in spades. (i mean. i would've loved a graphic novel but we can't have it all) i've said this once but i am so so thankful for that. i'm thankful that i can say that ivette velez is more than a character who's potential was wasted.

and to everyone who brought this comic to life: thank you from a fellow shy girl. and while i'm hopeful that the future is as bright as this, i'm also very grateful for what we've got. thank you.

[the-a-archives]

who are your favorite spidey’s?? 👁️👁️

WHAT A LOADED FUCKING QUESTION.

theyre in alphabetical order just for you <3

Miles Morales (both earth 1610 &1610B) (he's my favorite he goes ontop)

'Spinner (Earth 616)

Ai Apaec (Earth 616)

Cooper Coen (Earth 71490)

Doppelganger (Earth 616)

Gwendolyn Stacy (Earth 65)

Hobart Brown (Earth 138)

Longlegs Secundus (Earth 616)

Mig-El Gand (Earth 9602)

Miguel O'hara (both Earth 928 and 928B)

Otto Octavius (Superior Spider-Man) (Earth 12131)

Peter Parker (Earth 10208)

Peter Parker (Earth 96283)

Peter Parker (Earth-120703)

Peter Parker (Earth 13122)

Peter Parker (Earth 199999)

Peter Parker (Earth 2149)

Peter Parker (Earth 92100)

Peter Parker (Earth TRN603)

Peter Porker (Earth TRN456)

Scarlet Spider (Earth 13346)

Spidair (Earth 91202)

Spider Sting (Earth 38418)

Tarantula (Earth 13346)

The Spider (Earth 1610)

[agendaculturaldelima]

#AmigosInolvidables #Poesia

📖 “CUADERNO DE VIAJE” 📜✒️🔥

🗯 Recorrido y exploración de la tierra del dios Moche de las montañas: el creador Ai Apaec. Un viaje de conexión con lo ancestral y eterno; lo divino y lo humano. Viaje descrito en versos, donde se hace accesible su inmersión, trasmitiendo la belleza y la trascendencia que descubre en el territorio del norte. Su diálogo interno, la visión vasta, el aletear de las aves o el tambor de la muerte, lo convierte en arte y con alquimia nos ofrece: sueño o tengo la sensación que un ave / escapa rauda de mi cabeza y se pierde / el mismo sueño repite el totoral / sea ello, el presagio de mi muerte. Así, se construye un universo de significado dual, donde puede situarse en el cuerpo, la voz y la conciencia del victimario y la víctima, del inocente y el culpable, donde el bien y el mal cruzan la línea y se diluyen: Yo soy / el acusado / el acusador / el contumaz.💜

✍️ Autor: Edwin André

👥 Comentarios: Zoila Capristán y Miguel Ildefonso

© Editorial: Hipocampo Editores.

📌 PRESENTACIÓN:

📆 Viernes 23 de Agosto

🕗 7:00pm

🏪 Casa Tomada Librería Café (av. Petit Thouars 3506 - San Isidro)

 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Ingreso libre 

[terrasurtravels]

New Archeological Wonder Unlocked 🔓 Diving deep into the mysterious past of the Huaca de la Luna y del Sol! Where human 💀 took place. These pyramids are located one in front of the other as if both buildings were predestined to stare at each other for the rest of eternity. They are built entirely in adobe, a material made of mud (clay and sand) that contains countless mysteries and legends inside! 🤯 These pyramids belonged to the Moche culture, which had its heyday during the 2nd and 7th centuries, in what we know today as the Libertad region, in northern Peru. They are located 30 minutes from Trujillo, the capital of the Liberteño department, and are part of the most important archaeological complex built by the Mochica culture. Huaca del Sol ☀️ It is the largest pyramid in the place: with its 345 meters long, 160 wide, and 30 high, it commands respect from everyone who passes through the area. It has a rectangular base and five terraces, where the ancient Moches carried out political and administrative activities. According to legend, its construction required 140 million pieces of adobe and the physical effort of no less than 250,000 men! Huaca de La Luna 🌑 Although the Huaca del Sol is the largest building in the area, it is presumed that the Huaca de la Luna was the main temple of the Moche culture. This space would have been used as a scene for human 💀 rituals, since up to 40 corpses belonging to young people, adults, and warriors were discovered inside. It is also home to beautiful polychrome murals, where the maximum God of the Moches, Ai Apaec, stands out. This supreme being had feline features -with impressive fangs- and bore the nickname of the Slaughtering God since human sacrifices were made in his name to guarantee the prosperity of the crops. Did you know about this place? 🧐 . . . . . #JawDroppingViews #AncientMarvels #HuacasOfTrujillo #SpiritualJourney #AncientRituals #ArchaeologicalWonders #MysteryUnraveled #ConqueringHeights #MocheArchitecture #HistoryUnearthed #PeruvianAdventure (at Terra Sur Travels) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpTSsOMuYoZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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