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The Tunnel of Light in Petra Jordan
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#ouroboros#uroboros#symbols#snake#serpent#art#symbolism#symbolic#ancient#ancient origins#ancient egypt#ancient greece#esoteric
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Terracotta stirrup jar with octopus
Helladic, Mycenaean
ca. 1200-1100 BCE
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𝔄 𝔭𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔞 𝔠𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔞𝔫 𝔈𝔤𝔶𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔢𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢.
𝔖𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔠𝔢: 𝔅𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔰Դկօ 𝔬𝔫 𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔭𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔰.
#Philae#cat#guardian#temple of philae#Nile#egypt#ancient egypt#ancient origins#The Temple of Isis at Philae#Philae Temple Complex#photography#black cat#Egyptian temple
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fan art of Achilles and Patroclus
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illus. TOKIYA "Gardevoir" from Ancient Origins
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Pokémon TCG XY Ancient Origins (2015), BREAKThrough (2015) illustration set by Aya Kusube 🤩⭐️
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Me as a child: when I grow up I’m gonna have big deep discussion with all the other cool history people :)
Me as an adult: Okay so the Aztecs were a modernized people with their own technological developments that rival today, not helped by aliens say it with me now
#humor#shitpost#lol#pls help#jokes#funny#ancient aliens#ancientmonuments#ancient greece#ancient origins#ancient history#world history#artifacts#ancient rome#ancient egypt#archeology#antiquity#help me god
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Temple Interior
temple sketch for a job that got me scammed . :(
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The Death of Sappho
(Miguel Carbonell Selva, 1881)
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Falkenstein Castle, Austria
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Tonantzin Guadalupe 🌵🌹
The original \/u| \//\ goddess I created in 2013 is Maria Rosa. Her design was inspired in major part between the miracle of La Virgen de Guadalupe and the concept of Mary Queen of Heaven.
I was recently commissioned to create a new (\/) Goddess inspired similarly between Guadalupe and Tonantzin by my chingona hermana Janet Bella Rosa who also knew Mi padrino Antonio 🙏 I felt his spirit guiding me to connect our visions! 💞
Tonantzin is an enduring Nahuatl title for the maternal aspect of any Aztec goddess, much like “Our Lady”, rather than the name of a particular goddess. I chose a blue background to parallel Her starry mantle of heaven and also represent Lake Texcoco since the eagle, snake, and cactus from its story of the founding of ancient Mexico there are present. 💙🌵
Tonantzin in various forms is frequently depicted with eagle feet so I thought it appropriate to have the legendary golden eagle clutch the silvery moon below Her in place of Guadalupe’s cherub 🦅 🌙 Tonantzin is often known, by many names, to wear a skirt of snakes- the celestial Aztec earth mother Coatlicue’s particular name translates to “She of Snake Skirts”. So I couldn’t help but see the snake emerge from the opening in Her folds here. Frequently in Aztec art snakes emerging from or replacing body parts represents blood so I feel a menstrual element from how the snake manifested in this vision 🐍 🩸
Many believe that the apparition of La Virgen de Guadalupe on Tepeyac Hill unto St. Juan Diego, an Indigenous peasant originally named Cuauhtlatoatzin meaning “Talking Eagle”, was a vision of a new form of Tonantzin. Her local temple had formerly been on that very site, destroyed by conquistadors. When Cuauhtlatoatzin received these holy visions, the Goddess spoke to him not in Spanish but in his native Nahuatl language even though She identified Herself as The Virgin Mother of God. Even the Church documents testify that The Holy Mother assured him in his moment of doubt, in his Indigenous tongue, “Am I not here who am your Mother?” Indeed Tonantzin Coatlicue herself is said to have had her own divine conception via a feather 🪶
The miraculous vision of Guadalupe that appeared upon Juan Diego/Talking Eagle’s tilma is often seen as a self portrait by Her and there are many analyses of the visual element’s encoding of Aztec symbolism. I took these theories and insights into consideration while creating this vision.
Even within the suppression of Spanish colonization ancient indigenous Mexican Curanderismo healing practices were able to persevere and often in the name of La Virgen de Guadalupe, under the protection of Her image.
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“At home, on the evening of December 12th we may light a candle and place offerings of flowers, copal and chocolate in front of her statue or painting. In the public square, those who follow the Mexica spiritual tradition will join brothers and sisters for an all-night vigil of prayer, Danza, offerings, and songs to her, who is Tonantzin Tlalli Coatlicue, who was always honored at the hill of Tepeyac. As we salute the Four Winds and dance in the ceremonial circle, we honor those who have gone before us, the courageous people who kept traditions alive through the centuries despite the threat to their life if discovered. The feathers in the copilli, the ceremonial headdress worn by the dancers, will draw down the energy of the cosmos into Mother Earth, our beautiful Tonantzin Tlalli Coatlicue to help her heal from the many ways she is dishonored.
Nearby, children will play and laugh, faces smeared with the traces of candy and the cinnamon of churros, the delicious deep fried pastry covered with sugar and cinnamon while the sound of mariachi music adds to the feeling of a fusion of cultures and beliefs. If you wander the crowded street you will see a handful of Catholic pilgrims on their knees on the hard pavement slowly make their way to the entrance of the church in gratitude for answered prayers.
And, in spite of quiet official church disapproval, the local parish priest will invite Indigenous ceremonial dancers to participate during the special December 11-12 mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Inside the church, for a few moments, Mayan copal will blend with European frankincense, quetzal feathers will dance on the air, and elders with bundles of aromatic rosemary plants will cleanse the People’s spirit. The two cultures, reconciled at this moment, acknowledge their bond of love for the Woman Who is Cloaked with the Sun; a bridge of Light between peoples.”
Maestra Grace via Curanderismo.org
#curanderismo#tonantzin#virgen de guadalupe#holy mother of god#mother goddess#goddess art#brujeria#marian devotion#folk catholicism#folk traditions#ancient origins#Aztec
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Road trip through China 🇨🇳
Photo by long.explorer
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Mace Heads - bronze - Luristan (now Western Iran) - Late Bronze or Early Iron Age - c.2nd - Early 1st Millennium BCE
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