• cerement@slrpnk.net
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    5 months ago
    • 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·
      5 months ago

      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
        2·
        5 months ago

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

      • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
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        5 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.