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[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

“The first band were those who took the part of Xipe Totec and went dressed in the skins of the war prisoners who were killed the previous day, so the fresh blood was still flowing.”

Xipe Totec, “Our Lord the Flayed One”, god of agriculture

[–] ours@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's one polyvalent god: agriculture, spring, metallurgy and war to name a few. In the context of skin wearing, the god of war role might be more relevant.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
  • the skin wearing was a representation of the husk of corn
  • the “god of war” was more adjacent – the “formal” god of war was Huitzilopochtli, “Hummingbird on the Left” (Aztec saw the hummingbird as a blood drinker)
[–] ours@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That's some hardcore agriculture! They really put the agro in agriculture.

And the actual god of war represented by a bloodthirsty hummingbird. Fantastic.

Thanks for the Aztec facts.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

check your local nursery or garden center – you’ll find blood and bone meal in the fertilizer section

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

So butterflies and hummingbird wings were considered in the realm of war due to "Aztecs" observation that the beating of their wings look like the flickering of fire.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Hey I just brought that Teotl up. Fun fact: the skin wearing was a metaphor for maize in its husk.