Corazon Mexicaさんのイラストまとめ

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Every word you learn is a victory, for our mother the earth, for our community, and for yourself, against those who colonized us and who sought to take away our identity and culture, and who seek to make the earth a thing, instead of our loving mother

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In one chapter, she writes about the extended, difficult, but infinitely rewarding process of learning the language of one's indigenous ancestors. When you do so, you engage with the earth which you inhabit, and learn to speak her language

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To be native to a place, you must learn to speak its language
The quote on my painting is from the marvelous book #BraidingSweetgrass by the Potawatomi writer Robin Wall Kimmerer

Cargas la fuerza y la belleza de tus ancestres

You carry the strength and the grace of your ancestors. It will carry you farther still. #mexica #indigenouswisdom

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Centeotl or Cinteotl is the divinity of maize

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#frogs and #toads are servants of the Lady and the Lord of Water. Their voices and their songs are a calling for the rain, as well as a thankful speech for the gifts of the holy waters

You can find prints of The Birth of Itztlacoliuhqui in my Etsy store!
Also, you can find more sacred narrative content on my Patreon site!

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He shot an arrow to the face of Tonatiuh, but He caught it in the air and shot it back at Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, blinding Him and confining Him to the cold manor of the Underworld. Transformed into Itztlacoliuhqui, His job is to judge wrongdoing and fault

During the first dawn, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Lord of the House of Light, who is the Morning Star, refused to sacrifice Himself in order to give movement to the newborn Sun