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Vibrant zinnias in a colorful Aztec Mexican vase painted in a creative, stylish composition.
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Digital version of this stencil. The coat of arms depicts a Mexican golden eagle, perched upon a cactus, devouring a snake. The coat of arms of Mexico was inspired by an Aztec legend regarding the founding of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs, then a nomadic tribe, were wandering throughout Mexico in search of a divine sign that would indicate the precise spot upon which they were to build their capital. Their god Huitzilopochtli had commanded them to find an eagle devouring a snake, perched atop a cactus that grew on a rock submerged in a lake. After two hundred years of wandering, they found the promised sign on a small island in the swampy Lake Texcoco. It was there they founded their new capital, Tenochtitlan.
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my daughter & pet snake
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Beautiful Aztec dancer at a Native American Powwow. She glowed with such an inner beauty and danced like a Goddess. It was hard to take your eyes off of her!
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This stunning beauty was the most amazing dancer!
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dog in a hurry .................................................................... Classic cars calendar … / Vector dogs calendar … / Book of drawings … / Animals and birds / Cartoons / Cars, trucks & tractors / Drawings / Illustrations / Portraits / Rust / Vector art
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Mexican jungle 1
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Huitzilopochtli – The Hummingbird of the South, the god of the sun and war, the national god of the Aztecs. He was conceived by magic when a heavenly ball of down entered the womb of his mother, the goddess Coatlicue at Coatepec(Serpent Hill, near Tula, Mexico) Inks, pigment and graphite
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This was in my sons head and is now in three dimensional reality – it is a play on words – My Own Son. The Aztec Mayan symbology is reflected in the mandala : The verdigris and gold pyramids symbolize the steps he will take in his life. / The eagles symbolize his connection with Great Spirit – his totem at birth was the Wedge Tailed Eagle. / The jaguar pawprints symbolize journeying, and the great wild velvet cat that purrs beneath his skin… / The compass points his directions in life – he will walk them all. / The symbols within are Mayan calendar symbols representing his birth time, birth date and other relevant information. / At the centre is the feathered serpent – Quetzlcoatl – twinned. The light and the dark, the good and the bad, life and death are intertwined in symbol. / Heavily jewelled (well, paste LOL) and gilt with gold – my gift to him as he was my gift to me.
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Image copyright © 2008 Abeque Wikimac. Copying and displaying or redistribution of this image without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.
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Ground control to Major Tom … TAKEOFF !
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Taken at a Pow-Wow in Utah.
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A tribute to Our Lady of Guadalupe, Crusher of the stone serpent.
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New York City ’s oldest and largest powwow is The Thunderbird Powow at the Queens Farms Museum. I’ve attended a few times and one of the times, I was lucky enough to obtain ‘front row seats’. I had just finished taking a few shots of the prior dancers so I put my Olympus OM-G 35mm camera down to take a drink of water since the Aztec native dancers were being announced. I was so intrigued by the dance that I had ‘forgotten’ (!) all about my camera. Next thing you know this native dancer stops in front of me and thankfully the ‘photographer bell’ rang in my head. I grabbed that camera so quickly and snapped away. However since he moved around rapidly, I didn’t know whether or not I had captured him (remember it was a 35mm camera!) so I was bit bummed out. I thought okay next time if he comes around I’ll definitely be prepared but he never did of course. Imagine my surprise when I saw this picture after it was developed..
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Now simply a metaphor for lightmindedness, the butterfly is an ancient symbol of immortality, its life cycle providing a perfect analogy: life (the crawling caterpillar), death (the dark chrysalis) and rebirth (the soul fluttering free). Hence the Greek myth of Psyche (literally “soul”). Depicted in art with butterfly wings, she was a mortal freed from death when Zeus was touched by her love for Eros – and his love for her. / Butterflies are emblems of souls are found as far apart as Zaire, central Asia, Mexico and New Zealand. They appear with their meaning on Christian tombs, and Christ is sometimes depicted holding the butterfly of resurrection. Butterflies represented the souls of slain Aztec warriors and were sacred to several Mexican deities, their flickering wings also symbolizing solar fire, an idea that recurs in Celtic tradition. In China, the butterfly is an emblem of leisure and a young male lover; through a phonetic link with the word for “seventy” it is also, when linked with the plum, a metaphor for beauty in old age. In Japan the creature stands for transient joy, female vanity and the geisha; a pair of butterflies represents conjugal bliss. In folklore illustration, fairies are often shown with butterfly wings. Butterfly Kisses Photograph of butterfly on ornamental garlic plant, edited in photoshop7 with redfield plug-in fractilius for challenge ;)
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Coloured Pencil on Black Cartridge Paper 2009
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Coloured pencil on black cartridge paper 2009
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Chaco Canyon, Largo Canyon, Cedar Mesa, Mesa Verde, Ute Mountain, Canyon de Chelly, Monument Valley … / The enchanted canyons and mesas provide a unique experience in the Land of the Navajo and Ute. Their beauty is unsurpassed in southwestern landscapes … / / / Laminated Print /
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21/29cm / paper 120g/m,pens this work is featured in Weekly Theme Challenges Quetzalcoatl (Classical Nahuatl: Quetzalcōhuātl pronounced [ke.ʦal.ˈkoː.waːtɬ]) is a benevolent and mythical deity, creator of humanity in the Toltec tradition, predating the Mexica (Aztecs) god. The name is a combination of quetzal, a brightly colored Mesoamerican bird, and coatl, meaning serpent. He is woven into a mythical prince Topiltzin of Tula, who left that kingdom to found Chichen Itza, according to legend. Due to their cyclical view of time and the tendency of leaders to revise histories to support their rule, many events and attributes attributed to Quetzalcoatl are exceedingly difficult to separate from the political leaders that took this name on themselves.[1] Quetzalcoatl is often referred to as The Feathered Serpent and was inseparable from the planet Venus. He was also the patron god of the Aztec priesthood, of learning and knowledge.[2] Today Quetzalcoatl is arguably the best known deity. However, Quetzalcoatl was one of several important gods in the Aztec pantheon along with the gods Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli. Several other Mesoamerican cultures are known to have worshipped a feathered serpent god: At Teotihuacan the several monumental structures are adorned with images of a feathered serpent (Notably the so-called “Citadel and Temple of Quetzalcoatl”[3]). Such imagery is also prominent at such sites as Chichen Itza and Tula. This has led scholars to conclude that the deity called Quetzalcoatl in the Nahuatl language was among the most important deities of Mesoamerica.[4] The god Quetzalcoatl was sometimes conflated with Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl, a semi-legendary 10th century Toltec ruler. from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatl
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This is my rather draconic take on the Mesoamerican deity of Quetzalcoatl, who is described as a “feathered serpent.” Mixed media on watercolor paper. 11×15”.
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...Nii nahii’maa at’e, ya nahiika’ee at’e. / The earth is our Mother, the sky is our Father. ...I wanted to portray the soft side of the Apache Nation & with this beautiful Photo Tom Broderick IPA .. sent me of his beloved Mother ‘Rosa’ ... who is an Aztec Apache woman, it was easy …Apache woman ..In physical appearance the Apache vary greatly, but are rather above the medium height. They are good talkers, are not readily deceived, and are honest in protecting property placed in their care. Being a nomadic people the women attained high skill in making baskets. Their dwellings were shelters of brush, which were easily erected by the women and were well adapted to their arid environment and constant shifting…a first experimental collaboration. featured in ‘True Potential’ .
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photoshop variant In the actecs` myths the world was divided into 4 parts and the centre. Xiuhtecuhtli (idol of Fire) controled the Centre. The East was thought the country of plenty and was devoted to Tlaloc and Mixcoatl (idol of stars and clouds). Sovereighs of the South were Xipe Totec (idol of sowing) and Macuilxochitl (idol of music,dance,spring,flowers and love), but the South was thought a province of evil. The West had good sense so it was the house of Quetzalcoatl. At last Mictlantecuhtli (idol of death) controled the North.
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Acrylic abstract on paper with sand, rock and glue. / /
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