#aztec mythology

[thedeceasedgod]

my friend started playing around with every image i sent in my gc and I thought you might want to see what happened to tecciztecatl..

HELP MEEE I ALREADY HAVE MY DISCORD PFP SAVED AS THE ORIGINAL IMAGE 😭

[vanzuni2]

Quetzalcoatl and the Visitors from Outer Space, Abbott Vanderwagen, 2023

The painting, set in Chichén Itzá, shows Aztec’s feathered serpent sending the extraterrestrials from the Sirius galaxy invitations to a fiesta at the Temple of Kukulkan. You can see the flowers covering the grass.

Finished on March 18, 2023.

[tlimiqui]

Silly Whiteboard Fox Drawings with Friends. Just so I don't leave my account dead, lol

[vintage-tigre]

The Macuahuitl, a weapon used by Mesoamerican civilisations including the Aztecs. It features obsidian blades embedded onto the club sides, which are capable of having an edge sharper than high-quality steel razor blades. According to Bernal Diaz del Castillo, he witnessed it decapitating a horse.

[thousurroundingverdure]

[thewinedarksea]

f/f february: thumleima & huixtocihuatl

requested by anon

[warthogreporter]

POV: Tezcatlipoca is appearing before you in some of his animal manifestations to talk about how he fucked your wife.

[papilllllons]

It's been a very long time since I've posted some art. I'm trying to motivate myself to start drawing again.

Quetzal and Tez antics continue...

[azuzeldraws]

Quetzalcoatl

[thedeceasedgod]

Plannin on making some lil homemade plushies cause I got extra felt

(Designs belong to Louise Fogerty since I love her designs)

[toastedclownery]

Tyneen as Cipactli

Cipactli, literally translated as “alligator”, is a gigantic sea monster that appears in the Aztec creation myth. From her body the four Tezcatlipocas made the earth, the thirteen heavens, and the underworld. 

“Cipactli” is the first day symbol on the Aztec calendar. Here are a few illustrations of her in different codices. In Codex Magliabechiano there is a section of the calendar day signs in detail, where the Cipactli day sign looks very similar to Tyneen’s design (page 11)

The bright colors, the forked tongue, the parting of the teeth, the spikes on her head, even the goofy look of the eyes.

I'm sure this could be a subtle reference to Cipactli as well. In a version of this myth, Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca are the ones who take care of the beast in order to create the world. Tezcatlipoca lured her out into the surface using his foot as bait. As a result, the reptile bit Tezcatlipoca’s foot off, and that’s why he’s usually seen with a mirror or a bone where his foot should be.

Tyneen didn't bite anyone's limb off (that we know of lol) but she did cut off her own hand to replace it with a more functional robot hand

Cipactli is also considered an insatiable beast. Everything the four brothers created, she would eat. It's possible that they wrote Tyneen's personality based on this. She's never satisfied, she always wants more. Like she wasn't satisfied with Kara's unfinished autograph for example

As an additional note, Cipactli lived in the primordial ocean, when there wasn't any land yet. Tyneen is a pirate, associated with the ocean.

There's another version of this myth where this earth monster is called Tlaltecuhtli, and he/she has a different iconography, and they made him a different character, Maybach. But it's gonna be a hot minute until we get to that

List

[tlimiqui]

In process 🫦

[rubynrut]

HOW TO TREAT YOUR GODLY PET

For anyone who has been usurped visited by any deity ,supernatural creature or a cat here's a tutorial to know what to do to keep them happy and thus ensure your life

And that's all I could think of with the cards.Hope it serves you well and remember that an extra human sacrifice doesn't hurt.

[aresgodofwar23]

[thewinedarksea]

f/f february: huitaca & tlazolteotl

requested by anon

[dxcuautle]

FIRST POST YEAHHHHH

(From @dxcuautle on instagram)

My name is DXCUAUTLE I’m 19 and a self taught artist, if yall into concept art PLS GIVE ME A FOLLOW I won’t disappoint yall

I’m very into Mexican indigenous culture so I use that as inspiration for my art :)