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A group of models depicting temples and other buildings. These models range in age and culture, from the pre classic, to Mexica examples from the post classic. #prehispanic #mexicanhistory
. However, precisely because Tlazolteotl inspires passionate emotions, she is also the only one who can cleanse us. For this reason she is called “Filth Eater.” We can confess our wrongdoing to her, unburden ourselves to her, and in so doing she consumes the filth within
She further inspires vice and disorder in the hearts of men. All of those feelings of envy, greed, passion, love, hatred, and on and on, spring from her. She is unordered emotion. It is up to us to control those emotions, to suppress them, to enjoy them, or make them useful.
This card is the two of Staffs, which corresponds to the Two of Wands in the standard tarot. A Mexica Tlatoani, or emperor, crowned with the turquoise diadem and labret of power, stands on a temple parapet, overlooking his dominion.
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Two Aztec, princesses, sit on a palace terrace, overlooking the ancient Mexica capital of Tenochtitlan. One woman has in her hair two bunches of quetzal plumes, which is part of the symbolic regalia of Xochiquetzal, the goddess of love.
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The birth of Huitzilopochtli, in which the Lord of the Sun defeats his sister the Moon at the hour of his birth. This symbolizes the conquest of night by day, darkness by light, and ignorance by wisdom.
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Un hombre aguila, de la cultura Zapoteca, y de los años 200 a 550 DC. Adornaba la fachada de un edificio. Muestra una influencia Teotihuacana. Lo amo. Lo subí como una referencia para hacer un copilli de águila. #zapoteco #guerreroazteca #eaglewarrior #prehispánica
Xochitecátl, Tlaxcala, 900 to 1200 AD. At the Pyramid of Flowers in Xochitecàtl, numerous statues in clay have been found, such as these. Especially beautiful is the new mother with the baby that can be inserted into her womb.
Some photos at the Mayan World museum in Merida of various panoramas showing life in the 19th century.