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Aztec Female Noble. Huge thanks to for helping me with the colors and body paint that I would have missed! And thanks to for his beautiful story of the conquest which got me into Mesoamerican artwork

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2020-05-21

Images of the Chane inside the Sacred Mountain, a place of water and abundance, can be found as early as the first civilizations that lived in Mesoamerica, in carvings and in paintings dating back to 1000 years BC

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2020-05-20

There's multiple inventors of paper!

Bark Paper was also independently invented in Mesoamerica & used for books by the Aztec, Maya, etc. Sadly, most of these were burned by the Spanish

(Top right image is from 's amazing comic, bottom right by Louis Glanzman)

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2020-05-17

In Mayan mythology, Camazotz was a bat god. Camazotz means "death bat". In Mesoamerica the bat was associated with night, death, and sacrifice.

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2020-05-16

Rayquaza hace referencia a los rayos del sol y a Quetzalcóatl ,es uno de los más importantes dioses de la cultura mesoamericana, a veces considerado la principal divinidad del panteón mexica.
es representado como una serpiente denominada
«la Serpiente Emplumada»

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2020-04-30

All things important to the Mesoamerican civilizations were recorded in the Amoxtin, long pieces of amate paper or deer skin that are the prehispanic books.

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2020-04-14

The European dichotomy good/evil was a concept found hard to comprehend. To them the world at heart was good ('cualli' in Nahuatl); with no notion of '(d)evil', these could only be translated as 'amo cualli' (not good). As for 'sin' - 'what the hell is that?'!

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2020-03-12

Tobacco - picietl ('little perfume') in - was not just smoked by it was used medicinally: ground up to treat diarrhoea, poisonous snake/spider bites, gout, headache, and as a rubdown to relieve fatigue. Image from Florentine Codex.
https://t.co/N8JwQ9O4mf

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2020-03-08

Deer hunting is a deeply spiritual act in Mesoamerica. Because deer are sacred animals associated with the sun, ritual sacrifice, offerings and penitence had to be done by hunters in order to obtain the permission of the deer to chase and hunt them.

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2020-02-29

What a time to be alive!! (Especially for mesoamerican enthusiasts like me)



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2020-02-26

Xenomorphs!

The bio mechanical designs of the xenomorphs really suit mesoamerican inspired stylization for sure! I’d like to make more!

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2020-02-07

David Alvarez Mexican illustrator beautiful black-and-white illustrations that seem to glow from within, due the rich nuances of greys and pen strokes. They say that we dream in black and white, this is certainly a proof
Symbolism and Mesoamerican cultural themes

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2020-01-18

'Tis the time! from y su little tamal helper. Remember, the is of origin- la bella May your holidays be full of gratitude, coqui, tamales, and magic. -
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https://t.co/e1bxJ5OSqV

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2019-12-25

Late postclassic Maya of the Yucatan peninsula. Updating this set.

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2019-12-24

Patolli, a pre Hispanic native board game of Mesoamerica, was probably played using the seeds of the coral tree (Erythrina coralloides; colorín; tzompancuahuitl).

Players were sometimes killed (and their playing artifacts burned, along with the seeds)

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2019-12-23

Was physical contact part of in ancient Hugs no. But a respectful 'taking of the arm', yes. By doing so a host showed concern lest the guest should fall and suffer fright, risking loss of spirit. Learn more -https://t.co/YqZ0aePHk0

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2019-12-15