Corazon Mexica
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A queer Mexican, Chicano artist dedicated to the art and craft of pre-Hispanic, Mesoamerican spirituality. DM for commissions.
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Today is International Trans Visibility Day so here are some paintings which I made for my community! While there really was no “trans” identity, as such, in the prehispanic past, many indigenous nations did have 3, 4, 5, and even more genders whom they recognized and respected
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1/9.Yohualtepuztli, the Night Hatchet, is a manifestation of Tezcatlipoca, the lord of the whims of fate. He continues to be part of the popular culture of Mexico, appearing widely across cultures and tribes
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Rojas poses as an ahuiani, a courtesan or sex worker
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A new painting that describes the structure of the Heavens, according to our ancestors
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This is a new painting I just finished, titled “Tlaloc steals the tongue of Cipactli”
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It upsets me to see my work used to spread disinformation and lies. And of course, they were not honest enough to give me credit! Block this account. It’s trash.
The Aztecs believed the sun god Huitzilopochtli was fighting a constant war against darkness. In order for the sun to rise each day (defeating the moon and the stars), Huitzilopochtli must be fed by brutal human sacrifice.
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It's raining in Mexico City!.Rain is the physical manifestation of Tlaloc, the Lord who dwells inside the hollow mountains. Tlaloc rules over clouds and lightning, and He protects the spirits of all beings yet unborn, residents of Tlalocan, His place of mist and abundance
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Mictlantecuhtli is the Lord of the Underworld. He is the ruler of darkness, the divinity of cold, death and decay. Mictlan, the Land of the Dead, is.
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A nahualli, nahual or nagual is similar to a spirit animal, a part of a person’s spirit that resides in the body of another being
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Happy #DayOfTheDead !.According to our ancestors, when we die, the different spirits that constitute our personality abandon our body and travel to different places
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The finished painting of “the Birth of Bats” Quetzalcoatl pleasuring himself in the river (his seed fell on a stone and from the stone emerged the first bat)
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At work on the bucal mask, earrings, and jewelry of Chantico, the Lady of Fire. They will be made in low relief on metal.
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Xochiquetzal, Our Lady Love, represents the feminine forces of the cosmos. She is attraction, joy and sex, as well as song, dance, and art 🧵
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Xolotl is the nahual, the spirit animal, the spiritual double of Quetzalcoatl, Lord of creation. He is the.
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This painting is based on a contemporary indigenous sacred narrative, complemented by ancient sources such as codices Vaticanus B and Fejérváry-Mayer 🧵1/4
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As inspired by my painting of an older xochihua or “trans” ahuiani painting her young companion
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This is a design I made for the regalia of Huitzilopochtli, Our Lord the Hummingbird on the Left, the Mexica divinity of war. It is based on ancient. 🧵.
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Two men express their undying love for Dia de Muertos
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1/4.Mictlan is the Underworld, the Land of the Dead, where the spirits of the deceased are purified throughout four years
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Mictecacihuatl and Mictlantecuhtli are the Lady and Lord of the Underworld. They preside over death and decay, and govern Mictlan, the Land of the Dead, where the spirits of the deceased are crushed, ground and polished. Through this process, the spirits are .
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There is not a lot written about the appearance of noble women, but in Sahagun it is described how noble women painted their faces and bodies yellow, dyed their teeth red, and tinted their hair with dark blue or yellow dye to give it an indigo or golden sheen.
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Oxomoco, First Grandmother, teaches our ancestors the art of corn divination.
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Actors in the opera Xochicuicatl, entirely sung in Nahuatl, wearing regalia of my design.
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a new painting - the creation of bats. Ehecatl pleasures himself, and his seed falls upon a stone, and from the stone is born the first bat. Bats are thus the children of the wind (Ehecatl) and the earth (the stones)
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The painting of the shape shifting magician, the jaguar nahual.
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Today is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a modern manifestation of Tonantzin, Our Beloved Mother. Tonantzin is the union of different Teteo of the Earth, such as Coatlicue, She of the Serpent Skirt, and Cihuacoatl, the Serpent Woman 🧵
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1/5.This is a new painting I just completed of Tepeyollotl, the Heart of the Mountain, painted in pastel on paper, for a show I am participating in here in Mexico City
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In this painting, Xochiquetzal, She Who Is Love and Beauty, takes the form of a red calla lily, native to Mesoamerica, which is a symbol of eroticism. The hummingbird that sucks the flower's nectar.
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This is a painting of Tlaloc, Our Lord the Rain. The title says in Nahuatl, “Tlaloc Gives Them Flowers.” He is depicted in his watery paradise of Tlalocan, standing among flowers which He himself has caused to grow, his gift to his children after the rains.
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This is a new painting of Coyolxauhqui “Painted with Bells,” Who is a manifestation of the Moon. Because throughout the Americas a rabbit is commonly seen on the face of the moon, She appears with a rabbit in Her arms.
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My interpretation of the quetzalilpiloni, the hair ornament worn by Mexica nobility, in the painting I am working on of Quecholcoatl seduced by the Tlahtoani (emperor) Axayacatl, which is one of the few queer love stories that has come down to us.
Princess Tecuichpo arranges her husband Tephua's quetzalilpiloni. A scene from Episode Four of our #webcomic
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The Mictlan or Mexica Underworld is composed of 9 layers, which represent different perils and challenges for the spirits of the dead
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Mictecacihuatl, Our Lady of the Dead, is one of the rulers of the Underworld. Her appearance is not that of a skeleton, but that of a woman, for death is fertility and the promise of new life.
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This is a new piece in process which describes the nature of the “soul” in Native thought here in Mesoamerica. We don´t have a single soul, as the Christians would have us believe, but are rather inhabited by numerous animistic entities or “souls.”
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a new piece, "the Cave of Tlaloc," which shows Tlaloc, Our Lord the Rain, in His cave. In Mesoamerica, the mountains are held to be hollow and filled filled with water. In the hollow caves, Tlaloc dwells, in a misty paradise where the seeds of all plants go to await reincarnation
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a new painting - Portrait of Aaron as a Mimixcoa. Its painted in gouache, ink, and watercolor on paper. I describe its meaning in the thread
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(1/2).The Four Tezcatlipoca are the Lords of the Four Directions. As divinities of space, They are also patrons of time, protectors of the four years of the traditional calendar
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Designing the regalia of Tezcatlipoca, which will be made by hand later
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Tepeyollotl, the Heart of the Mountain, in watercolor on paper.
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This is a design I made for the regalia of #Tezcatlipoca, Our Lord of Darkness, He who is the mystery of nighttime. Since His name means.
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9/9.Yohualtepoztli is often treated like a Native American monster story, a frightening ghost who inhabits the mountains. But he is in fact a nature spirit, a mighty god who protects the mountains from the excessive depredations of men.Prints here!.
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This painting explores one of the forms of nahualism. Although there are many kinds of nahualtin or nahuales, one of the most common in Mesoamerican art is the depiction of a "spirit animal" as protector of a person
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Cipactonal, First Grandfather, teaches our ancestors to read the tonalamatl, the “Aztec” calendar.
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One of my favorite of my paintings, of Xochiquetzal and Xochipilli as the duality.
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According to the sacred narrative, before our era existed four different eras or Suns, each ruled by a different divinity, which ended in a.
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1/5.This is a new painting of Centeotl, Our Lord the Maize, in pastel on paper. In the world view of our people, Centeotl does not rule over the corn, but is the corn itself
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Before this world came into being, there were four eras. The last of these eras ended in a great flood. Tata and Nene, a couple of elders from this era, were warned by Tezcatlipoca, Lord of Darkness, who asked them to build a canoe from a sacred tree
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1/5.This is a painting of the Tonacacuauhco, the Tree of Our Sustenance, the Tree of Our Flesh, also known as Chichihuacuauhco, the Tree of Breasts
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Mayahuel, Our Lady Maguey, is Our Mother, Our Protectress and Our Joy. The maguey is one of the most important plants of Mesomaerica 🧵1/3
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Ahuianimeh or joy givers were the courtesans of Ancient Mexico. They sang and danced and were full of eroticism and sensuality. In special ceremonies, the ahuanimeh performed ritual dances in honor of the Teteo, and they were highly esteemed by the Mexica or Aztec society
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In my calpulli at we are devoted to Mayahuel and Ometochtli. Mayahuel is the Teotl or "goddess" of the maguey, the sacred plant who gives us pulque, tequila, and mezcal, thread for weaving, roots for medicine, leaves for food.
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In my painting "Le #nahual ", a shape-shifting wizard transforms themself into their spirit animal, an eagle, the.
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The Sioux, Mojave, and Crow all recognize two spirit individuals who resemble trans women in some respects, and our own Nahua ancestors recognized the xochihua gender, who are similar to trans women, and the patlacheh gender, who are similar to trans men.
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The Four Tezcatlipoca are the rulers of the four directions and the days of the sacred calendar. They are thus the Lords of Time and Space, the children of Ometeotl, Who is All Existence
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The Mexicayotl community is celebrating Aztec New Year today! Aztec New Year, and the calendar in general as it is currently celebrated by Mexica dancers and others from our community, was created by Arturo Meza some 20 or 30 years ago
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Happy #Valentines!.1/3.Today is an occasion of love and affection, in which we honor Xochiquetzal, the Precious Flower, the Plumed Blossom, She who is Love
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Los colibríes son símbolos de valentía. Representan a la.
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The ahuianimeh painted their skin yellow, their teeth red, and died their hair a deep blue. They participated in sacred dance and song, and were devoted to Xochiquetzal, the “goddess” of love.
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According to the Sacred Narrative, after our first grandparents were born, Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca, Lords of Creation, turned Themselves into a red and a black ant 🧵
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1/5.This is a new painting in pastel on paper of Xochiquetzal, the Precious Flower, the teotl who is love and flowers. She appears in her painting with her skin painted yellow and decorated with red glyphs of flowers, song, and butterflies
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So, here are a few paintings which celebrate love and gender diversity among our ancestors, to remind you that we have always been here, and that it is homophobia and transphobia that are modern, not acceptance and love.
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1/4.According to the sacred narrative, Quetzalcoatl, Lord of Creation, ruled over the first city built by humans, called Tollan
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A #tlacuilo is a Mexica or Aztec painter. Tlacuiloqueh were creators of books, decorators of ritual objects and preservers of the traditions of their people. Through images, they transmitted sacred stories, poems and prayers, and they.
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1/2.We're celebrating Pride Month!.I'm offering a special discount of 20% in my Etsy store!.
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1/4.The Female Sex Almanac represents the Mexica ideal of a woman's domestic life
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Pitao Cociyo or Cocijo is the Zapotec deity of rain. He can be identified by the chalchihuitl or jade glyph around His eyes, a reminder of His precious nature
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Today is a day Ce Acatl or 1 Reed in the sacred calendar. It is a date dedicated to Quetzalcoatl, Lord of creation, who was the first ruler of the first city, the inventor of language, art and agriculture
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Beautiful art of grandfathers and grandmothers from ancient Mexico. Out indigenous elders.
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1/4.The Male Sex Almanac expresses the ideas that our ancestors associated with masculine sexuality and domestic life
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1/2.Today is the day Macuilli Mazatl, 5 Deer. It is ruled by Tlaloc, Our Lord the Rain, who dwells inside the mountains. He presides over the growth of crops and the coming of spring
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My painting in oil on canvas of Ometochtli, Two Rabbit, foremost of his brothers the 400 rabbits of drunkenness
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1/4.Today is the day 10 Death in the Sacred Calendar. It is ruled by Tecciztecatl, Lord of the Place of Snails
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A Zapotec muxe celebrates in the cemetery on Day of the Dead in this painting of indigiqueer beauty
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Photos I took of my friends Rojas and Isaac, to make the painting of the hunter and the daughter of Tepeyollotl.
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Four of the cards from the Mexica tarot deck I hope to finish next year!
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Centeotl is Our Lord Maize, He who gives up His own life for our nurturance
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Celebrating the summer solstice, in which we give honor to Tezcatlipoca, the regent of the north who guides our destinies.
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After all, what is Christmas without the Lord and Lady of Death hanging on your Christmas tree?
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#Flowers are signs of preciousness. They represent abundance, fertility, and beauty. Yet, they also remind us of our own mortality, and thus symbolize the transient nature of all things beautiful and young
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Painting the women at the court of the emperor Axayacatl. The first of his queens finished from the huipil up
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1/2.A nahual is a "spirit animal", a part of one's spirit which lives in another being (which can be an animal, an object or a natural phenomenon). The word nahual is also used to refer to a kind of magician with shapeshifting powers
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A new painting of Tlanana, the mother of Centeotl, Our Lord the Maize, seduced by Piltzintecuhtli, the Lord of the Sun, in the form of a zanate bird. Here, he drops a seed into her hand. At night, he will come to her in the form of a flea and seduce her.
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My grandmother was Wixa. It’s what led me to make art that explores our Mesoamerican heritage.
Wixarika (Huichol) hilando, San Andrés Cohamiata, Jalisco, México. 1982.
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Today is the day Ce Acatl or One Reed, dedicated to Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent, Lord of Creation. According to the sacred narrative, He was born on the day Ce Acatl of the year Ce Acatl, and He died in the next Ce Acatl year, 52 years after His birth
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A Wixarica or Huichol family express their love through all eternity for Day of the Dead #indigiqueer
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Tepeyollotl, the Jaguar Lord, in pastel on paper.
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