#mictlantecutli

[oldschoolfrp]

Mictlantecuhtli, Greater God of Death, usually appears in the form of a lich who can summon and control large numbers of undead.  He can be summoned only by a ritual that requires the sacrifice of 50 of his own followers.  (Jeff Dee, from the Central American Mythos in AD&D Deities & Demigods, TSR, 1980)

[ximenitaramoseblogs]

[02kt]

[ivanutrera]

mictlantecutli

[leaslichoma]

I've been fascinated with the Aztec god Xolotl recently.

Xolotl (pronunced Sho-lo-t followed by an L like sound that doesn't exist in the English language) was a Mesoamerican god associated with many things, including fire, lightning, disease, deformity, twins, the Mesoamerican ball game, death, dogs, the planet Venus as the evening star, twilight, shapeshifting, and monsters. Xolotl was the twin and sometimes companion of his more famous brother Quetzalcoatl. Xolotl was thought to guide the dead in their journey through the underworld, and to guide the sun through the underworld each night. Xolotl is usually depicted as either a dog anthro, a man with a dog head, or a dwarf skeletal jester. Xolotl is usually depicted missing eyes. Xolotl seems to have been feared by the Aztecs and especially hated by the Spanish, but I have a more favorable view.

Some of the most prominent myths about Xolotl involve the story of the fifth sun, or how the current world was made from the previous, destroyed one.

The first myth involves the recreation of humanity. The tales differ as to whether Quetzalcoatl was responsible, Xolotl was responsible, or if it was a collaborative effort. The humans of the fourth world were destroyed, and humanity had to be brought back. To this end Xolotl and/or Quetzalcoatl traveled to the Aztec underworld, Mictlan and met with its king, Mictlantecutli. The god(s) asked to gather the bones of the previous humans so they could be created anew. Mictlantecutli. Mictlantecutli gives them tests but later decides against letting them gather the bones. Xolotl and/or Quetzalcoatl fall into pit, breaking the bones in the process which is why people have different heights. The bones are later resurrected. The versions of this tale differ as to which god went to Mictlan and whether they did tests for Mictlantecutli or simply stole the bones.

In the second myth, the gods are sacrificing themselves in a fire to create a fifth sun for humanity because the previous one went out. They choose Nanahuatzin, a poor and humble god with syphilis and some relation to Xolotl to become the moon; and Tecciztecatl to become the sun because he is wealthy and strong. However, Tecciztecatl is unable to throw himself in the fire when the time comes, so Nanahuatzin becomes the sun instead. Tecciztecatl is sacrificed after and becomes the moon (and also the man on the moon), but has a rabbit thrown at his face which is one explanation for the rabbit people sometimes see.

Later, Xolotl is the last to be sacrificed to the new sun. In some versions this is because he was the executioner for the previous gods. However, in some tales he refuses to sacrifice himself. Xolotl begs and cries until his eyes literally fall out but this does nothing. Xolotl transforms to escape Ehecatl who has been executing other gods to make the sun move. Xolotl at first transforms into a corn plant with two stalks, then an Agave americana, and finally an Axolotl amphibian. But he was still caught in the end.

What I find most interesting about Xolotl is his relation to disability. Since deformities are among Xolotl's best known domains, he could be considered a god of disabilities as well. Xolotl is also a god of monsters, and it's worth mentioning that the Nahua word "Xolo" which his name is derived from and means monster, is used for both mythological monsters and those with physical abnormalities, much like the Latin word "Monstrum". (I think in literature analysis the themes of monsters as outcasts could be explored more) In many, perhaps even most historical (and unfortunately even modern) societies the attitude towards those with disabilities has been very negative. In the Aztec world twins were considered unnatural, and sometimes one of them would be murdered shortly after birth. Wikipedia mentions an speculation by Eduard Seler that resonates with me: that Xolotl represents the murdered twin who dwells in the underworld while Quetzalcoatl is the living one who is cherished in the world of light.

Another connection with Xolotl and disability is that he was sometimes depicted as a jester with dwarfism. It's relevant the jesters around the world were often disabled. European court jesters were known for having the freedom to criticize and mock royalty, and were sometimes selected from the intellectually disabled because they could not be held responsible for what they said. Additionally, the Spanish during the colonization of the Aztecs sent some Aztec jesters to Spain, who were described as humpbacks.

This is what I find most interesting about Xolotl, that he is a reflection or shadow of society. Historically Xolotl was often considered a sinister god, but when society is itself sinister who is to be believed? My view of Xolotl is more favorable. The god of the disabled is feared because the disabled are hated. Xolotl is the outcast, who is hated and feared yet has done no wrong. Xolotl is the murdered twin, who looks upon the world of light and life, from a place of darkness, the world he was not given, never had the right to enjoy. He is the god who is looked upon with disgust due to his role in hardship, yet is the only one who stays with you through that hardship the entire time. Xolotl is the disabled child, who is called a child of shame and hidden away in some institution to be forgotten by their more privileged relatives. Xolotl is viewed with contempt, but his domains are just as necessary to the universe's function as any of the more handsome gods. The janitor, who is viewed with contempt and disgust yet whose works are vital for society.

The "evil twin" Xolotl, misunderstood twin and hound of Quetzalcoatl who lives in the world's shadow, watching the world of life and guarding the light of the sun through the underworld.

[axgo]

MEXICO, OAXACA, MICTLANTECUTLI.

[supernovaae]

List of all 80 Espers still in the running for Hottest Esper (05/01/24 | Alphabetized)

Abigail (Frigga)

Adrina (Chantico)

Ahmed (Geb)

Alice (Gullveig)

Anna (Persphone)

Archibald (Mictlantecutli)

Asenath (Nefertem)

Ashley (Heimdall)

Brewster (Garmr)

Camille (Hati)

Catherine (Hela)

Cecilia (Isis)

Chloe (Medea)

Chu Yao (Tai Yi)

Clara (Hera)

Drew (Anubis)

Eira (Freya)

Elaine (Nyx)

Embla (Ymir)

Ethan (Pan)

Everett (Tyr)

Farrah | Aminah (Tiamat | Abzu)

Fatum Sisters (Nornir)

Feng Nuxi (Nuwa)

Feng Xun (Fu Xi)

Fu Shi (Suan Ni)

Fumitsuki (Kaguya-hime)

Gabrielle (Njord)

Gaius (Zeus)

Ginny (Hestia)

Hailey (Hephaestus)

Heng Yue (Chang’e)

Hilda (Hypnos)

Hyde (Hades)

Ife (Meretseger)

Ikki (Tsukuyomi)

Intisar (Kauket)

Javid (Shamash)

Jiang Jiuli (Chiyou)

Jiang Man (Meng Po)

Jin Qiu (Ru SHou)

Jin Yuyao (Queen Mother)

Leora (Athena)

Li Guang (Vermilion Bird)

Li Ling (Nezha)

Liam (Xolotl)

Lian (Jiao Tu)

Lin Xiao (White Tiger)

Long Mian (Ao Bing)

Lucas (Apollo)

Mateo (Prometheus)

Mavis (Mictecacihuatl)

Nicole (Nephthys)

Norah (The Muses)

Ollie (Osiris)

Ophelia (Thanatos)

Parmi (Ninsun)

Raven (Odin)

Sachiko (Hare of Inaba)

Sally (Sif)

Sander (Set)

Sienna (Gaia)

Su Jue (Daji)

Tang Xuan (Sun Wukong)

Tevor (Sphinx)

Tiye (Nut)

Toland (Tezcatlipoca)

Triki (Loki)

Uday (Sopdet)

Unas (Shu)

Valeria (Quetzalcoatl)

Wu You (Dijiang)

Xiao Yin (Azure Dragon)

Xuan Pin (Jiutian Xuannu)

Yamato (Izanagi)

Yu Ran (Bai Ze)

Yu Xu (Jing Wei)

Yun Chuan (Yang Jian)

Yuuhime (Izanami)

Zora (Amunet)

[occasionaltouhou]

I hate how many touhou youkai eat human flesh and drink their blood. My flesh belongs to Mictlantecutli, you disgusting thieves. If Huitzolopochtli does not get his hearts and blood the sun will go out, and all will perish.

i mean. they don't have to eat your flesh. just tell them this and i'm sure they'll be considerate and let you go get your heart ripped out or whatever

[thewapolls]

[ometochtli2rabbit]

Who was Mictlantecuhtli? A definition of Cecilio A. Robelo

Mictlant is Mictlantlantecuhtli. (MIctlan, the mansion of the dead; hell according to the missionaries; tecutli, sir: the lord of the mansion of dead or hell. ) The god of the mansion of the dead, or of hell according to the missionaries. Sahagun says :

“... hell, where there was and lived a devil named Mictlantecutli, and by another name Tzontemoc, and a goddess named Mictlantsecacihuatl (V. ) who was a woman of Mictlantecutli." We have already seen that it was a mistake of the missionaries to take the Mictlan of the Nahoas for the Christians hell.

Chavero does not grant a personality of his own to Mictlantecutli, but believes that he is the Sun, who during the day is called Tonatiuh; in the afternoon, hiding behind the earth, they called him Tzontemoc, "the one who falls on his head"; and, lastly, during the night, he was Mictlantecutli.

"The motive of this transformation - he says - is very easy to explain, because the nahoas believed that when the sun was setting in the West it was going to illuminate the dead, to be the lord of the mansion of the dead, the Mictlantecutli. The Nahoas, like the Egyptians, when observing that the sun disappearing in the evenings behind the horizon, judged that it was going to the underground world, and as there it was figured that the Mictlan or Mansion of the Dead was, they said that the sun at night was going to illuminate them. Thus the star god Tonatiuh, becomes Tzontemoc in the afternoon, and at night in Mictlantecutli”.

It serves as support to the cited author for his exhibition, the examination he makes of the stone of the sun, vulgo Aztec Calendar, the stone of Tuxpan, which represents Tzontemoc and the painting Mictlantecutli in the Vatican Code.

Definition obtained from Cecilio A. Nahuatl Dictionary of Mythology. Steal it.

[heiilari]

Elliot is so gonna be done with my shit but love em over at

@nearly-fxllen

@the-mictlantecutli

&&

@angels-maybe

Their a super sweet heart who I love writing with! Their lovely to talk to ooc as well!

[nearly-fxllen]

Bone daddy 👉👈

-kiiva

Said bone daddy gives a very confused head tilt.

“Do I know you?”

(I made the blog for him btw its @the-mictlantecutli)

[02kt]

[onlyhurtforaminute]

CH'AHOM-THE BREATH OF MICTLANTECUTLI

[jophiels-chaos-crew]

<That’s fair. I heard rumours of Mictlantecutli being somehow a parental figure to some of your siblings.>

*Jophiel and Mitzrael teleport nearby where Azrael is walking, Jophiel still wearing his blindfold and the two of them bickering about that subject*

( @jophiels-chaos-crew-pl )

*Azrael speeds his walk, hoping to get past the two without a hitch.*

Sorry. Didn’t mean to get in your way-