#yacatecuhtli

[allmythologies]

a-z myths: yacatecuhtli (aztec mythology)

yacatecuhtli is a patron god of commerce and travelers, especially business travelers. his symbol is a bundle of sticks.

[hasquetzorkukudoneanythingwrong]

Teot-tober day 4

Yacatecuhtli

God of commerce and travel. Yaca is patron to all traveling merchants of Mesoamerica. His name translates to "lord of the nose" and sometimes depicted with a large one. Traveling merchants would always carry a bundle of sticks with them, with this they'd make an effigy of Yaca when they'd set up camp for the night. This was to keep them safe.

In his carrying basket, Yaca has a seemingly endless amount of wares to trade for. Everything from weapons, food, precious metals and more.

[culuraensantaursulacoapa]

(mural en proceso)

Para las personas de Santa Úrsula Coapa, Yacatecuhtli puede tener un significado especial debido a la rica historia de comercio y movimiento en la región. Santa Úrsula Coapa, siendo un pueblo originario en la Ciudad de México, ha sido testigo de la evolución desde una comunidad agrícola y tradicional hacia una vida más urbana y moderna. En este contexto, Yacatecuhtli simboliza la conexión entre el pasado y el presente, recordando a la comunidad la importancia de sus raíces y tradiciones mientras navegan por los cambios contemporáneos.

[esaugopar]

Yacatecuhtli - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

[tanetlee]

The Gods

Mercury - god of capitalism 

Net - god of the internet 

Yacatecuhtli - God of travel and globalization

Khonsu - God who marks the passage of time

Pinterest - Goddess of beauty and aesthetics

Lord Shiva - God of buildings

Urutengangana - God of light

Pukkeenagak - Goddess of making, production and consumption

Mr President - God of politics

Justicia - Goddess of justice 

Seth - God of chaos and hectic life

Cernunnos - God of nature, flora and fauna, and fertility 

Buddha - God of wisdom 

Ra - God of the sun, all forms of life and of growth 

Temperanence - Goddess of life of moderation 

Wenchang Wang - God of culture and literature

[l0std1adem]

Your bf is an NFT

nah because he’s priceless B)

[milkaloloart]

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[macoatl]

Inktober 17 TACATECUHTLI

Aztec god of comerce.

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Dios azteca del comercio.

[vivaelmuerto]

‪Warm up doodle before getting back to work on the rough draft for my next comic. A mash up of some Aztec codex art and one of the Stations of the Cross. #elmuerto #viadolorosa #yacatecuhtli #azteccodex https://www.instagram.com/p/BzUVw4ihXih/?igshid=okwc4bmumqfd

[xochitl-nahuatl]

List of the Aztec Gods

This isn’t a complete list, but contains most of the Aztec gods and what they are known for.

Ometecuhtli/Omecihuatl - dual god/goddess who created themselves at the beginning of time as one being, then split into male and female in order to reproduce all creation. These are the supreme gods. 

Xiuhtecuhtli (Lord of Fire) - god of fire, daytime, and volcanoes; father of the gods 

Teleoinan - goddess of the Earth, motherhood, childbirth, fertility, and vegetation. Counterpart of Gaia; mother of the gods. Honored with blood-sacrifices in the fields. 

Huitzilopochtli (Hummingbird of the South) - god of war, human sacrifice, and the sun; father of the Aztecs and the one who led them to conquer Mexico from the Otomi.

Tezcatlipoca (The Smoking Mirror) - god of magick, the night sky, ancestral memory, time, fate, and change through conflict 

Quetzalcoatl (The Feathered-Serpent) - dragon-god of winds, rain, knowledge, wisdom, spirituality, science, and self-reflection 

Coatlicue (She of the Serpent Skirt) - serpent-goddess of the earth, fertility, motherhood, and rebirth; represents both the life-generating and devouring sides of nature (guardian of mothers who die in childbirth). 

Itzpapalotl (The Obsidian Butterfly) - goddess of revenge and blood-shed; leader of the Tzitzimimeh, the star-demons. 

Nanauatzin - god who sacrificed himself in fire so he could become the sun 

Tonatiuh (The Turquoise Lord) - god of the sun; Nanauatzin’s name after becoming the sun god. Had required the nourishment of human blood to provide warmth to the land.

Xochiquetzal (Precious Feather Flower) - goddess of beauty, sex, romantic love, pleasure, fertility, motherhood, and traditional women’s handicrafts such as weaving. She is also heavily associated with the moon and the various lunar phases. 

Huhuecoyotl (Very Old Coyote) - coyote-god of merriment, art, music, wisdom, mischief, and virility 

Tlaloc (He Who makes Things Sprout) - god of rain, thunder storms, and vegetation. Brings rains to the land but is wrathful when angered, sending floods or causing droughts to destroy crops. 

Mictlantecuhtli - god of death and the Underworld (Mictlan) 

Mictecacihuatl - goddess of death and the Underworld; wife of Mictlantecuhtli 

Xolotl - dog-headed god of fire, lightning, misfortunes, sickness, deformities, monsters, and twins; psychopomp for the dead. His job was also to protect the sun from the dangers of the Underworld.

Chalchiuhtlicue (She Who Wears a Jade Skirt) - goddess of water, navigation, and childbirth 

Xipe Totec (Our Lord the Flayed One) - god of vegetation, agriculture, sacrifice, and the skinning of humans. Brought vegetation to the land once appeased with the flayed skins of sacrificial victims. His festival is called Tlacaxipehualiztli - which translates as “flaying of men”. 

Mixcoatl (Cloud Serpent) - god of hunting and the stars. He was usually depicted wearing a cloak of human skin; his own exposed skin was covered in red and white stripes.

Xōchipilli (Prince of Flowers) - god of summer, flowers, art, dancing, singing, pleasure, sex, romantic love, creativity, gambling, and feasts. Offered sacrifices of virgins in his ceremonies. 

Tlazolteotl (She Who Eats Away Impurities) - goddess of purification, luck, and sorcery. Wrongly interpreted as a goddess of lust, filth, and sexual misdeeds. She consumes the impurities of humans and transmutes them into the White Flame of purity and illumination. Can cause seduction, but only through her role of charm magick. 

Tecciztecatl - god who became the moon 

Metztli - goddess of the moon, the night, and agriculture 

Coyolxāuhqui - goddess who was butchered to pieces by Huitzilopochtli when she tried to kill their mother, Coatlicue. She has association with the moon.

Ixtlilton - god of healing, medicine, and dancing 

Macuilxóchitl - god who is part of the Centzon Totochtin, the 400 rabbits who are all gods of drunkenness 

Tepeyollotl (Jaguar of Night) – jaguar-god of wild animals, darkened caves, echoes, and earthquakes 

Mayahuel - goddess of the agave plant and fertility 

Patecatl - god of healing; patron god of doctors 

Ixtlilton - god of medicine and healing 

Cinteotl - god of maize 

Cipactonal - god of astrology and calendars, associated with daytime 

Oxomo - goddess of astrology and calendars, associated with nighttime 

Cihuacoatl - goddess of childbirth, motherhood, and fertility. Noble-women who died in childbirth were taken to her realm. This goddess was sometimes portrayed as a skull-faced warrior due to the harshness of childbirth.

Toci - goddess of healing 

Temazcalteci - goddess of steam baths 

Chantico - goddess of the family hearth and volcanoes 

Piltzintecuhtli - god of the rising sun, healing, and visions 

Citlalicue - creator-goddess of stars 

Citlalatonac - creator-god of stars (husband of Citlalicue) 

Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli - god of Venus 

Chalchiutotolin - turkey-god of purification, disease, and release of guilt

Itztlacoliuhqui (All Is Bent By Coldness) - god of ice, coldness, winter, punishment, and misery. He is also the god of objectivity and impartial justice. 

Malinalxochitl - goddess of sorcery, snakes, scorpions, and insects of the desert. Is known to cause horrible hallucinations to humans, eat their flesh, and make them get bit by venomous snakes. 

Macuiltotec - god of weaponry and warfare 

Atlatoman - goddess of physical deformities and sores. She was also thought to be the cause of such ailments. 

Atlaua - god of water; protector of archers and fishermen. The Aztecs often prayed to him when there were deaths in water. 

Opochtli - god of fishing and bird-catchers; discoverer of harpoons and the net 

Huixtocihuatl - goddess of salt and patron of cultivated foods and people in the salt trade 

Atlacoya - goddess of droughts 

Yacatecuhtli - god of commerce and travelers, especially business travelers 

Zacatzontli - god of roads

Nappatecutli - god of mat-making

Ilamatecuthli - goddess of weaving

[comparativetarot]

El Guerrero de Báculos. Art by Chicome Itzcuintli Amatlapantli, from Tarot Yohualli Ehecatl.

This card is the Knight of Staffs, which corresponds to the knight of Wands in the standard tarot. Here the knight is a young traveling warrior, as indicated by his staff of turquoise and his back basket strapped to his forehead. He wears a deer helmet, for staffs are the sign of fire, and the deer is symbolic of the dry Winter season. He carries a macuahuitl, the Aztec sword of wood and obsidian blades in his belt, but he does not use it, for though he is armed, he is not on a violent mission. In his basket is an empty and open casket, for this card is symbolic of absence. His face is painted in the red and blue of Yacatecuhtli, The Lord Who Wanders, the holy protector of those on journeys, of merchants and of travellers; the turquoise staff is his special symbol. He wanders through a desert landscape, but the cactus is in bloom, and in the distance stand ruined pyramids, which symbolise the familiar abandoned and left behind. This card represents movement, emigration, departure, and flight. It tells of the entrance of a dark and friendly young man into the querants life. It can also signify a change of residence. The Topilyaoquizqui is brave and adventurous; he starts his journey into the unknown, without fear. The danger in his path does not intimidate him, but rather excites him. His time is at hand and he moves forward, ready for what lies ahead.

From the Tarot Yohualli Ehecatl, a Mexica tarot which celebrates Mexican Indigenous identity.

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[apesoformythoughts]

During the veintena [period of twenty days] of Tititl, the Mictlantecuhtli [Mexica god of death] impersonator was sacrificed at night at the temple named Tlalxicco, meaning navel of the world.

— An Illustrated Dictionary of The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya (p. 113).

The rituals in this veintena included a ritual hunt with the main purpose of feeding the earth and the fire. Further, a sacrifice was made of victims who represented Ilamatecuhtli [“old lady”] and deities like Mixcoatl-Camaxtli, Mictlantecuhtli, and Yacatecuhtli. After Ilamatecuhtli’s sacrifice, who was decapitated and had her heart cut out, some priests ran to the top of a temple to grab a “divine flower,” then they threw it on a pyre and fled afterwards.

— “Veintena 17: Títil” [transl. mine]

[g-faded-smile]

30 Days of Devotion

Day 8: Find how your god has manifested in other religions than the one you are currently focused on. How have other cultures interpreted their energy?

Hermes' energy haven't been complety interpretated as other gods in the Greek Pantheon by other cultures because Hermes has too many aspects. So, I'll introduce you some gods and a curious character that vibe with some of Hermes works...

Nabu (at the top to the left): He's a god from Babilonian culture. The relation most of people observe with Hermes is about the writing. Nabu writes destiny, after all he is recognized as a literacy god and patron of scribes (also wisdom).

Odin (at the left but below): Odin is a Norse god of wisdom, magic, poetry and he has a connection with war-death. Why do people can relate with Hermes energy? Well, besides of magic, death and poetry, Odin is a traveler god and he shows this "humanistic" nature; they're between us.

Hermod (in the middle at the top): Another Norse god. In this case, there's a curious myth where he is sent by the Æsir to go through Helheim to take back Baldr to Asgard. People link him with Hermes because of the ease to travel to the death's world.

Hermes Trimegistus (in the middle of the picture): Not a god but a character origined by the syncretism of Hermes and Thot. For a long time, there was/is the belief Hermes Trimegistus existed but there are theories that he's just a fictional character in history because some people wanted to save alchemic literature and another kind of philosophy. This character develop a philosophical system called hermeticism. It's kinda critizice by some people, but I recomend if you're interested in magic or witchcraft to check out. Hermes energy in this character is very obvious besides the name, it's because you must decode images and texts to understand something, like another kind of translation.

Anubis (in the middle but below): An Egyptian god of death, embalbing and afterlife. Greeks related him to Hermes because both have a connection with death. There's a point in the history were both cultures syncretize and formed Hermanubis.

Thot (in the top at the right): Another Egyptian god, a god of wisdom, magic, writing and who judges the dead. This is a notorious link, because he shares many aspects of Hermes. Reason why Egyptians and Greeks assimilate both deities creating Hermes Trimegistus.

Yacatecuhtli (at the right but below): I know Aztecs are another culture and very far away from the others I told, but it was curious to me to find out he's an Aztec god of commerce and travels.

⭐ There's an honorifical mention I wanted to share too but I didn't add it in the picture because I didn't find any photos of this other Aztec god called Coccochímetl, a commerce god but of the bargain and exchange too.

That's everything for today, @4res. Hope you like it!!! I was thinking so much in other deities similar to Hermes, it was hard 😅

P. S. If there are some points where the information is wrong, you can tell me :)

[wtfzodiacsigns]

Indigenous gods for each sign

Aries: Tonacatecuhtli - Mexica god of creation and fertility.

Taurus: Huitzilopochtli - God of the Sun and the War It represents the free consciousness in the human being, symbol of virtues, faculties, powers. It should eliminate the Coyolxauqui (Animal passions) and the Surians 400 (The psychological defects). When referring to war is speaking to the war against defects.

Gemini: xochiquetzal - In Mexica mythology is the goddess of beauty, flowers, love, love, pleasure and the arts.

Cancer: Huehuecóyotl - Is the god of the arts, lord of music and ceremonial dance, guide of adulthood and adolescence.

Leo: ixtlilton - Is the god of medicine, dances, festivals and games.

Virgo: Ixcuina - She was goddess of passion and lust.

Libra: Patécatl - Is the god of medicines and discoverer of the peyote, as well as the "lord of the pulque root".

Scorpio: Coyolxauqui -The Moon Goddess. It represents the feminine aspect and on the other hand the multiple defects that we must eradicate, Huitzilopochtli (representation of the positive values of the human being) dismantles it.

Sagittarius: Coatlicue - The Sun God Live representation of the divinity among the Aztecs.

Capricorn: Xólotl - Is the god of the twilight, the spirits, the twins and the Venus Venus, who helped the dead on their journey to Mictlán, lord of the evening star (Venus) and the underworld.

Aquarius: Mictlantecuhtli - In the Mexica, Zapotec and Mixtec mythology is the god of the underworld and of the dead.

Pisces: Yacatecuhtli - Is the god of commerce, patron of merchants and exchange, mainly in commercial travel.

Source: sweetdreamsqueen

[tanetlee]

Annual Review Meeting - Performance Rating - Mediator and Gods

Krakow, a city whose self remained hidden. What they saw was not reality. The city that they thought they knew was a mere shadow of its true form. But how could the city reveal its secrets?

First, we told them to unlearn, forget, to be void.

Then, we asked them to listen, worship, accept the true knowledge.

The Self reveal[ed] itself [1]. Gods told the stories of the city. So, the people let the Gods tell them, for they had crafted intricate fairy tales for them. They let them impart their knowledge upon themselves. In [Krakow] there is certainly no such thing as a free lunch, and this was one land donation that came with a price [2]. Through the creation and refurbishing of [material knowledge though the encyclopedia], the donations [3] flowed abundantly to Mount Krakow. The Encyclopedia, in the last century, was a mine that was [...] open to the sky [4]. Just this year alone we add[ed] another 80 million, the equivalent of an entire Germany or a Turkey, and are on track to reach a possible 12 billion at the beginning of the next century [5]. We soldthe citizens stories about capitalism, internet, globalization, time, beauty, buildings, light, crafts, production, consumption, politics, justice, laws, chaos, hectic life, nature, fertility, wisdom, sun, moderation and culture. From holy Mount Krakow and its friends, the other holy mounds of Krakow, we connected hills of overseas. Hill, Nicholas [6]. Hill, Rosemary [6]. Hill, George Canning [6]. 39 Hill[s] [7].

We allowed Krakow to thrive. This machine, which shook Europe to its foundations, was in fact the precursor of the [...] revolution of the [21st] century [8]. From all around the world, scholar[s] wrote four thousand books [9].

I am struck by the unique qualities that each of the God possesses. As I stand among the Gods, I can feel the energy pulsing through the air. There is never yin without yang, never yang without yin, just as there is not [politics] without [economy] nor [Mr President] without [Mercury] [10]. A complex organism that thrives on the balance of its opposing forces, yet in perfect equilibrium. This year, religion and culture, [...], arose from different needs: religion from a metaphysical need, culture from material and intellectual needs [11]. The question was: Buddha or Wenchang Wang? The answer was: Buddha and Wenchang Wang.

Khonsu, Seth made you and the people come to work late a lot, you all were in a very great hurry [4]. I tell you, there are impatient men amongst you, men who are in too great a hurry [8].

Pinterest got upset easily. Architecturally, aesthetic relativism lead Ramsay to some interesting places [12]. But let Temperanence guide you in the future for you cannot forget that Gods move among men and men among Gods [13].

With you, Mercury, God of capitalism, Net, God of the internet, Yacatecuhtli, Master of globalization and Pinterest, Goddess of the aesthetics, the city has grown itself an appendix [14] where metropolis equals the world in the geography of advanced forms of capitalism [15]. And yet, amidst all the change, there are constants. The first garden was the cemetery, the first city the necropolis [16]. And even with the rise of metropolis, the home remained a central space, with all its complexities and contradictions. That was the work of Lord Shiva.

Each aspect of the city had its own fairy tale, its own chapter of the encyclopedia, woven by Khonsu, Lord Shiva, Mr President, Cernunnos and their colleagues. Lord Shiva, you have shown the people the concrete. With you, the erection of special buildings that collectively embody new cultural and political functions: temple, stadium, theater, guildhall, cathedral [17]. The universal space of the world and knowledge no longer takes one back to the island or the Eternal City, nor to the valley where milk and honey flow [18]. METROPOLIS - In the geography of advanced forms of capitalism, metropolis equals world [13]. In many ways, the dynamic ebbs and flows of the basketball court and the soccer field provide compelling models for these new spatial practices [19]. Nonetheless, car wash regulations var[ied] from city to city [20]. What did you do about that, Justicia? How [did] you sleep at night? And How [did] you walk with your head held high, Dear Mr. President ? [21] I can only imagine what the first lady has to say [21].

You were always there where the action [was] [15], you and Mercury. Urutengangana, too. H[is] glorious glitterand light didst all mens eyes amaze [22]. But pair up with Ra next year, let the people sleep, let them forget. In the city are the workshops of great dreams, for such are governments, constitutions, fame [23].

Good gods! We may not have all the answers, but you Gods will continue to guide them. The next year will be good. The next year, [...] bringing heat and light [24].

[1] Bhagavad Gita

[2] Sudjic, The Edifice Complex

[3] Levy, Lexikon of the Hispanic Baroque

[4] Hugo, Les Miserables

[5] West, Scale The Universal Laws of Growth

[6] Koolhaas, Elements of Architecture

[7] Rudolph, Taste and the Ancient Senses

[8] Marx, Collected Works

[9] Seneca, Complete Works

[10] Jullien, the Book of Beginnings

[11] Levy, Baroque and the Political Language of Formalism 1845 1945

[12] Mallgrave, Modern Architectural Theory

[13] Girard, The Scapegoat

[14] Lefebvre, Critique of Everyday Life

[15] Koolhaas, SMLXL

[16] Serres, Statues

[17] Mumford, The Culture of Cities

[18] Serres, Branches

[19] Mitchell, Me The Cyborg Self and the Networked City

[20] Zimring, Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste

[21] Dear Mr. President, Indigo Girls, Pink

[22] Spenser, The Faerie Queene

[23] Alberti, The Family in Renaissance Florence

[24]Anzaldua, This Bridge We Call Home