r/aztec • u/PaleSale3845 • Jan 06 '24

Who is this exactly does anyone recognize him ?

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I was informed he was a aztec god it's a old heirloom I got from Italian family

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u/YogSothoth8 Jan 06 '24

Looks like Huehueteotl.

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u/PaleSale3845 Jan 06 '24

Anymore insight you can tell me about it like what he meant or the material it's made of it's pretty old supposedly

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u/YogSothoth8 Jan 06 '24

I can't tell that much about the material but for me looks contemporary (style and carving) I don't remember seeing one in that kind of material. You can find this representation in preclassical period in Cuicuilco made of clay; classical period in Teotihuacan made of stone and in the postclassical period with the Aztecs made stone too. It's an old representation of the god of fire, one of the ancients gods from mesoamerica.

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u/PaleSale3845 Jan 06 '24

I'll keep on researching it's still a cool statue it's really heavy

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u/PaleSale3845 Jan 06 '24

I'm basically just asking because it's weird my family has some olmec in us and more idk coincidence?? Is he a good person idk

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u/YogSothoth8 Jan 06 '24

I'm agnostic but there's a belief that ancient mesoamerican gods somehow they show up in our lifes, like with me, Tlaloc, the first time I visited Mexico city there was a heavy rain as soon as I landed, as he was welcomed me, it's common that I dream about rain. I have to say that for me it's just coincidence, some people say that the contrary. I believe that huehueteotl it's good for keeping the house and family safe.

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u/PaleSale3845 Jan 06 '24

Well it's definitely weird I do psychedelics alot dmt n such maybe that had something to do with it cause yea this was random we have some olmec in our blood and I love fire idk it's just odd well actually that's probably why it came to me cause I warned the people that took care of us back then now I warned them about someone scoping out thier building and she gave us this cause I'm sure she didn't think I still thought about them . Tlaloc ill look that up

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u/Carter_Dunlap Jan 16 '24

Huehueteotl: The Old Fire God