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I found this funny for whatever reason. Anyways first time drawing the boy!
Tenochtitlan Sunset I really enjoy making patterns in different colour palettes, and since I seem to keep seeing Aztec-inpsired art everywhere lately, I thought I'd make one of my own :)
Tenochtitlan Sunset I really enjoy making patterns in different colour palettes, and since I seem to keep seeing Aztec-inpsired art everywhere lately, I thought I'd make one of my own :)
I love eye of the serpent and Mexicolore!!!!!!
Hiiii! I was wondering if you have any resources for Mesoamerican mythology that’s good? Can be a website or book or anything really. Trying (desperately) to reconnect with my culture.
Hi!! So, so sorry for not answering sooner, but life happened lol. I’m struggling finding resources myself, considering that many were destroyed (thanks to colonization), or they were traditionally shared orally within our cultures. Some of the best resources I’ve found are often anthropology and history books, but I highly recommend doing research into the authors as well, and determine for yourself whether you trust them or not. From my own personal list here some:
Books:
Aztec & Maya: The Complete Illustrated History by Charles Phillips
The Oxford World Mythology by David Leeming
Mythology: Myths and Legends of the World by Dr. Alice Mills
Goddess Stories: Discover their mythology by Alison Davies (Has some Aztec and Native American goddesses, a Brazilian one too!)
Deck:
The Nahualli Animal Oracle Deck by Caelum Raineri and Ivory Andersen
YouTube:
Websites:
It’s a small list, but I hope it helps! I’ll also be doing some more digging and try making more posts about the gods of the Mexica :)
They make me feral
Huitzilopochtli and Coyolxauhqui -
The God of War, who acts as the Sun, Huitzilopochtli was threatened by his sister, Coyolxauhqui, Goddess of the Moon, when he was yet to be born. Along with her hundreds of siblings, the Gods of the Stars, Coyolxauhqui went to attack Huitzilopochtli on the day of his birth. When he came out of his mother’s womb, he flew with a snake covered in flames and beheaded and killed her, then proceeded to slay the rest of the Star Gods.
[Not involved in the project]
Random Aztec mythos headcanons because why not
• The moon (Tecciztecatl) controls the tides because the Tlaloques begged Acuecueyotl/Chalchiuhtlicue to give him a job so that he wouldn’t feel useless. Also because they wanted their “brother” to stay in Tlalocan.
• Xolotl could absolutely devour a chicken salad BLT. I have no evidence for this. He just seems like a BLT guy.
• Tezcatlipoca drops into the animal baby voice when he thinks no one is around.
• Nanahuatzin is undiagnosed autistic because he kinda reminds me of lil undiagnosed me when I didn’t understand why I never really fit in :(
• Quetzalcoatl created Olms (olm pic for reference) and Xolotl hated them so much for copying his style that he put them all in Europe.
• Tonatiuh and Huitzilopochtli flip a coin on who wants to drive the sun that day
• Tecciztecatl is just the dad and dog meme with the moon rabbit
Wallpaper I made because uhhh fun
Feel free to use btw
The Tlaloques fuck with their boss’s son/replacement older brother
Also here’s some stills
Doodles I made while trying a pixel brush including a fuckass Tecciztecatl and Tonatiuh
WOOOO
IN THE BEGINNING (there was the void)
/EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
A contemporary retelling of the Mexica creation myth of the Fifth Sun. The Five Suns is a Mexica creation myth. There were four suns before our own and different deities served the Sun at different times.
Produced at De Anza College in collaboration with Kukul Estudio
Based on the poem by @reyynas
Original soundtrack by @adrikoapatzco909
themarianaac.com/shortfilm
Don’t remember making this it just showed up in my camera roll
I mean it fits my groupchat calling him a twink
idk about you folks, but Tezcatipoltca nukeing chansin has neuro divergent energy
(creator added: for those unacquainted this is Tezcatipoltca:)
I made gifs out of the legend of the fifth sun animation by Louise Fogerty because I’m going feral
(Warning there is both bottom and top frontal nudity)
Also bonus
Welp. That's the last of my aztec wb doodles
HOKY SHIT I ACTUALLY FINISHED A PROJECT also my effort on each drawing was directly proportional to how much igaf
Anyways I’m not sure if this counts as angst but LOOK PAPA TLALOC
NOOO HES ADORABLE
He’s adorable 😍💙 Tlaloc dios de la lluvia ⛈
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