Have learned more about #pinball machines, thanks to @TechConnectify 's series on his #Aztec unit, than I ever expected to.
Part III on some of the more complex electromechanical logic it has was released today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeDCCNFAULk
I'm not much of a gamer, but has been interesting to see the intricacies of a machine that uses relays and wires to operate, versus microcontrollers. Thanks for putting the series together, Alec.
And then there's this bunch of new (well, old but newly discovered, you get the point) #Aztec codices ("Map of the Founding of Tetepilco", "Inventory of the Church of San Andrés Tetepilco", and "Tira of San Andrés Tetepilco") reported:
Massive 500-year-old Aztec snakehead emerges after Mexico City earthquake
A massive stone serpent head from the Aztec Empire, estimated to be over 500 years old, resurfaced from beneath Mexico City after a powerful earthquake rocked the region in September 2022...
Thank you, myth lovers, for your tales of snakes and serpents! 🐍 This is your host @AimeeMaroux signing off. Be sure to catch #MythologyMonday again next week, when our theme will be faith, piety, and religion for #WorldReligionDay 🙏
A religious colleague of mine told me today that he had once emailed James Maffie, asking if his 500-page tome, "Aztec Philosophy" was meant to be a definitive work of historical scholarship or speculative conjecture - and Maffie admitted it was the latter.
I am without words, because he said nothing to this effect anywhere in the book... /
Timothy Knab's #book "Dialogue of Earth and Sky" on #indigenous beliefs of San Martín Zinacapan has completely upended everything I thought I knew about #aztec#witchcraft and #history
I didnt have a good understanding of the dream #magic and souls, but this blew me away.
Here is an excerpt. There is just so much material, stories, and folklore to go through and I am only through 1 of his #books
I have officially found the #aztec#history rain stealing story thanks to some help.
It was Puebla and Tlaxcala, and the anthropologist was Timothy Knab, the cultural anthropology professor at UDLAP and wrote "A War of Witches" and "Mad Jesus".
A local Curandero and others burned trees to create a blackened surface which absorbed the sun's heat and released it at night displacing the cooler, wetter mountain air towards Puebla.
One of the more interesting things I heard about #mesoamerica#aztec#history was an anecdote that one town would steal the rain of a neighboring town by burning certain trees on a specific hill to divert clouds to their side of the mountain.
Apparently this was done for centuries, but this was an anecdote I found a while back and I don't remember the names of the towns.
If anyone knows of this and can give me more info, I would be grateful.
"self maker" is interesting because it can be seen as "making your face" which means creating an identity and if you interpret ometeotl to be the interaction between energies instead of a god, it gives it new meaning.
basically, the universe is not your friend because that implies special treatment. You are not born special, you become special through personal growth and overcoming adversity (1/2)
One of the biggest mysteries I am having right now is the #mixtec#sabre
Every #mesoamerica or #aztec#history person I ask have either never seen this thing or only seen it shown in Mixtec codices and certain papers call it a sabre.
Mexicolore has a panel of experts and said they know nothing about it.
Codices often represent real weapons in them, but they can also be symbolic of something else.
Does anyone know more about this design of #sword ?
Tlazolteotl, #mexica goddess of filth, chaos, lust, and redeemer of those afflicted by them. She is the great Cleanser and Mother of all things that are born from disarray.
Did you know that a recent earthquake in Mexico City uncovered a stunning ancient sculpture of a snake head? This polychrome stone masterpiece belonged to the Mexica civilization and dates back to the 15th century. It was part of a monumental staircase that led to the Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Aztec capital. Learn more about this amazing discovery and its historical significance in this article. #history#mexico#aztec#art#archaeology#juanaround
@larsmb@padeluun nun gut tbh wenn man die #Aztec-Codes kennt haben die wirklich zu viele Daten um sie darauf zu drucken bzw. sind dann eben zu klein und unleserlich.
Aber es ginge ja viel einfacher: nfc-Chip in die BahnCard und fertig aber naja.
Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names – but it’s the Olmecs who are the ‘mother culture’ of ancient Mesoamerica. An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was repatriated to Mexico from a private collection in Colorado in May 2023.
Cuando Los Muertos Suspiran - When the Dead Sigh - Cemican - 2020 (Aztec Folk Metal) (www.youtube.com)
Spirits that listen, ceremonial songs. Waiting for the time, without fear of walking...
What Can Monument 9 Reveal About The Mysterious Olmec Civilization? - Ancient Pages (www.ancientpages.com)
Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names – but it’s the Olmecs who are the ‘mother culture’ of ancient Mesoamerica. An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was repatriated to Mexico from a private collection in Colorado in May 2023.