#mixtec

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Pair of Earrings.

Culture: Mixtec

Period: Postclassic

Date: A.D. 900-1520

Medium: Gold, turquoise

[cosmic-fault-comic]

Na'yivi - Person

Nayivi means specifically "Person" My grandparents say it doesn't have to mean "Homo-sapien" or "Human being"

A tree could be a Nayivi as much as a human being could, and I like that distinction.

A strange alien creature could come from the skies or from beyond the stars and could be respected and as beloved a person all the same.

Its a sweet thought.

Next page: Itchi - Path

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold pendant, Mixtec, 1100 - 1500 AD

from The LA County Museum of Art

[artifacts-archive]

Pair of Earrings

Mixtec, Postclassic, 900-1520 CE

To the Aztecs, the hummingbird was revered for its association with the Mexica tribal patron deity, Huitzilopochtli, “Hummingbird on the Left” or “Hummingbird to the South,” who oversaw their journey to Tenochtitlan from their mythic homeland, Aztlán. In establishing Tenochtitlan, the Mexica honored Huitzilopochtli with one of the two temples atop the pyramid of the Templo Mayor in the main ritual precinct of Tenochtitlan. Few sculpted images of this deity survive, and in the documentary sources he is often depicted as a priest or impersonator wearing a hummingbird helmet and a costume appropriate to the god.

[shi-gu]

Itzcacalotl cosplaying as the glyph of a place named Cacalotepec ("Crow Mountain"), from the Codex Nuttall.

[paperandpencilsandskips]

Here's some mixtec stuff!!!

[homerstroystory]

Mask of the rain god Tlaloc

Mixtec (modern state of Oaxaca, Mexico); c. 1300-1500 CE; stone, turquoise, and shell; 13.5 x 11.5 x 5.5cm

Currently in the collection of the St. Louis Art Museum (St. Louis, Missouri, USA), accession no. 96:1968

[pre-hispanic]

[noosphe-re]

Butterfly nose pendant, Mixtec Gold Artifacts (https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mixtec-gold.htm)

[kemetic-dreams]

Chicano or Chicana is a chosen identity for many Mexican Americans in the United States.

Chicano was a classist and racist slur used toward low-income Mexicans that was first reclaimed in the 1940s among youth who belonged to the Pachuco subculture. By the 1960s, Chicano was widely reclaimed to express political empowerment, ethnic solidarity, and pride in being of Indigenous descent (with many using the Nahuatl language). 

Chicano developed its own meaning separate from Mexican American identity. Chicano Movement leaders expressed solidarity with the African political struggle and collaborated with the Black Power movement. Chicano youth in barrios rejected cultural assimilation into whiteness and embraced their own identity and worldview as a form of empowerment and resistance.

Prominent journalist Rubén Salazar defined a Chicano as "a Mexican-American with a non-Anglo image of himself

In Mexico's Indigenous regions, Indigenous people refer to members of the non-indigenous majority as mexicanos, referring to the modern nation of Mexico. Among themselves, the speaker identifies by their pueblo (village or tribal) identity, such as Mayan, Zapotec, Mixtec, Huastec, or any of the other hundreds of indigenous groups. A newly emigrated Nahuatl speaker in an urban center might have referred to his cultural relatives in this country, different from himself, as mexicanos, shortened to Chicanos or Xicanos.

[cosmic-fault-comic]

Noô - Face

Noô!!!! sounds exactly like Nuu!!! or city!!! I used to think they were the same thing, and worked as like a metaphor for like how places are full of faces too! human faces, and maybe other faces too. Except the last O in NOO is on a lower tone! pronounced relatively lower in the throat than the first O which is a "Mid" tone! Try it... You just spoke a tonal language!

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[memories-of-ancients]

Gold and jade pectoral, Mixtec, circa 1200-1519

from The Cleveland Museum of Art

[artifacts-archive]

Bead in the Form of an Animal Head Mixtec, Postclassic, general, 900-1520 CE

The coyote had a dual identity in the Aztec mind, one with rather more sinister implications. It was respected for being cunning, astute; in hunting it is quite as astute as a man. But it is in every way diabolic, exacting revenge for being thwarted in its pursuits, but also fair-minded, and could be grateful and appreciative by repaying an act of kindness with its own sort of generosity. It seems fitting that the greatest of all Aztec kings was named Fasting Coyote (Nezahualcoyotl in Nahuatl; ruled Texcoco ca. ad 1433–72). As his name implies, this king was astute and cunning, and a survivor as a long-term ally of his cousins, the rulers of Tenochtitlan. This small ornament may represent a coyote, and would call to mind the great fifteenth-century ruler.

[kuramirocket]

Important, but also the racism came out here in this reply I got:

Like wtf is this person's problem. Can't even see indigenous people take pride in their roots without being racist, smh. Really be here using the derogatory and racist "indio," huh. Just proves the point in the TikTok. And the worst part is they are part of different minority groups and decide to act like a clown:

Proud indigenous Zapotec forever 🇲🇽

Fck racists and racism.

[paperandpencilsandskips]

I have a question about Mixtec culture, I hope it's not a rude one: why do Mixtec names almost always include numbers?

I've drawn up a cool lil guide!!!