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[–] 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.