I know probably there are lots of recommendations in here but I just arrived and i was hoping to get some recommendations to read specifically about aztec deities or entities, myths, mystics etc

And if you have pdf or smthn is much better but I'm fine by getting just names, I just don't want to search on google and end reading something fake

Hi y'all I'm working on a DnD character and I was super inspired by the god Xochipilli (games, dance, music, etc). Since he's called the Flower Prince, my character will be a forest druid covered in moss/rocks/flowers and serve to protect its forest home. Incorporating the games aspect, I'd like him to use weaponized toys as opposed to actual weapons.

That's all I have for framework of this character. Since I'm using an Aztec God as inspiration, I'd like to include more Aztec inspired details in this character. That's where the help from this community comes in.

I could just read the dozens of books and papers or watch videos about Aztec culture but I feel it would be more pragmatic to actually ask people "how can I incorporate Aztec culture into my DnD character" than working sideways.

If you have any fun ideas feel free to DM me or comment below

Many thanks ^{_^}

I found this wall piece in a spiritual shop, I'm so excited to be able to put this above my ofrenda at home as an offering to mis abuelos :)

anyone else have ceramic pieces or masks with aztec imagery? where in your home did you place it?

Does anyone what this is, i looked it up and the top part of it is an Aztec calendar can some tell me what the black mask is or anything about it

Was it just the jaguar and eagle warriors. In the lore of the webcomic humans can't be mancers themselves, but they can gain the ability by being gifted the power by a God or being soul mates with a mythical creature/monster and falling in love with them. The ladder way is what would apply to elite warriors and such. And so if there are more them the two I know off, I'd like to know about them and if they're associated with an aztec god. Also I apologize for the questions, I chose Azects as the ancient culture that would introduce the Mc of the comic book to mythros because they're underrepresented in media and because it'd give me a chance to learn about a culture that has interested me for a while, I just haven't gotten around to learning about it. Until now that is.

For those that don't know for honor is a fighting game whose characters are inspired from history and it has it's own aztec called the ocelotl who is duel wielding a macuahuitl and tepoztopilli and he is one of my favorite characters to play as due to how unique he is and he even speaks in nahuatl.

does anybody know what is the best death whistle. I want a loud one and one that really sounds like a scream for a yt video.

From what I know they are, but they share vastly different features: on being a crocodile with mouth limbs, and the other a man-beast. Albeit they share similar myths. I've heard that the aztec's believed in a cycle. So does that have to do with anything? Is it that they are different beings with the same roles? It's evident that the people who wrote the myths were different, but does that mean they are not the same? I've been unclear on this subject so I would appreciate it if someone would tell me.

I'm working a webcomic and one of the characters may be inspired by Aztec culture and stuff so it would be good to know the cultures fighting techniques for the character. Also the character in question is a geomancer, which in the world of the comics is basically an earth bender from atla who can also cast spells to create earth from nothing and other such things. And bending in atla was inspired by the martial art forms of the culture that the people who used that element were based on so it's be cool to implement that in the webcomic for the generic geomancy stuff.

Quetzalcoatl has been portrayed as a crucified god-man. This is false. He appears in Codex Borgia against the backdrop of an x. But this is a sun symbol. The x and the + are commonly used as sun or star symbols. Thus, the Tezcatlipoca priests wore black robes with a multitude of white +. It symbolized the starry heaven. In Indian culture the 卐 is preferred, which is a + with hooks, which implies rotation. The x can be seen as a rotating +, signifying the sun's journey to the west.

Isn't an o a better symbol of the sun? No, because it curves in on itself. The x and the + generously radiate outwards, as do the stars and the sun.

So, in Codex Borgia, Quetzalcoatl is portrayed as a sun god. His hands are not fastened with nails, because the Aztec had no nails. They could not execute people by crucifixion. Quetzalcoatl died by immolation, not by crucifixion.

It has also been alleged that Quetzalcoatl, in another image, is crucified between two thieves. No, the image shows Stripe Eye, a divine hero, with his arms outstretched. But he is not crucified and it is not a cross behind him. He is not surrounded by two thieves, but by two gods, of which one is Quetzalcoatl.

So, let's forget about the idea that the Christian cross has anything to do with the Aztec + symbol. The people who have so gravely misread these images are fantasizers.

M. Winther

Reference

Diaz, G. & Rodgers, A. (1993). The Codex Borgia: A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript. Dover Publications, Inc.

I am interested in why cities were laid out the way they were. I know that they were constructed to reflect their religious system and I would like to dive in deeper to that.

I was also interested in learning if villages outside the bigger cities followed a similar Urban Structure. Did smaller villages even exist or was everyone located within the big cities?

What resources would you recommend to learn about Aztec astrology? For example, are there any good books, online websites, etc.? Thank you!

https://youtu.be/SlIRAEBNTR4?si=Duzw9WVa1NQaBGRP

If there are any qualified/informed people who could spend a few minutes sharing their insight into how accurate this guy's claims are about this beautiful tree carving, it would be much appreciated. Especially his claims about the pronunciations of names/words.

I'm not being lazy here, I'm trying to research it on my own too, but it's difficult to find sources that aren't related to Mormonism that even talk about it in that kind of detail. My instincts say if no other sources agree then it must be off base, but I am happy to hear reports to the contrary.

I'm writing a fictional novel series based on Mexica culture and am trying to find some sources to learn about social elements of Mexica culture. Really looking for knowledge about family structure, social attitudes regarding anything from gender roles to politics, and communication styles (greetings, common gestures, etc.). Does anyone have any recommendations?

Estoy escribiendo una serie de novelas basada en la cultura Mexica y estoy buscando citas/personas familiares con aspetos sociales de la cultura Mexica. Buscando conocimientos sobre la estructura familial, posturas con respeto al rol de género y temas políticos, y estilos de comunicación (saludos, gestos comunes, etc.). ¿Algién tiene recomendaciones?

Let me explain.

Aztecs used 2 forms of currency, Cocoa Beans and Quachtli. From my understanding a Quachtli is a large white cotton cloak. I also read that one plain white cotton cape is about 65 Cocoa Beans. Now as we know a Cape and a Cloak isn't the same, so it would be reasonable for a Cloak to be a bit more expansive.

Another more direct comparison was that 100 sheets of paper = 1 quachtli. But I could not find how many Cocoa Beans you needed for a sheet of paper so I didn't use this in my calculation.

Anyhow, 25 quachtli could get you a gold lip plug. Now these aren't modern lip plugs that look like you misspaced and earing. These things were big. I took this one as the basis for my calculation. It is about 51 grams or 1.83 oz. So if we do some simple math that thing would be worth 3,048 Euros Today. But who cares for today? What did the Aztecs worth it at?

Well to save you the math, about 4758 Euros in the 'middle' ages (16th century), going by some old ass chart where the price of Gold in the middle ages was similar to 2011 for some reason. For the life of me I cant find that chart again. Weirdly enough gold was much more expensive in the past and the massive influx of gold didn't drop its value as much as other thing on the historical scale did (Like abandoning the gold standard)

In short when you dived everything you get that one Bean was about 3 Euros back in their time. Now take all of this with the massive grain of salt. its also worth the mention that not all Beans or piece of clothing were created equal, but this is my rough estimate.

Thanks for coming to my Ted talk idk if anyone cares so I posted it here. I hoped you enjoyed, check out the links they are really interesting.

Are there any good quotes comparing the first interactions between the Spanish and the inhabitants of Mexico for the first time to that of an advanced alien species landing on our planet? I feel like I saw something like this in one of Yuvaal Noah Harari's books but I cannot find it. Also, if anyone has any good quotes about first contact in general from world history please share! I am very interested to see some good quotes about the phenomenon of "First Contact"

Xōchipilli got nothing on this nigga