Hey dear Community, I would like to welcome you to my new post and hope you are well and made some positive experiences! Today I would like to talk about mythology and hope you can expand your knowledge.
Here are some pictures of the waning moon which I took recently and this evening the weather was very clear which is of course the best condition for astrophotography. In this post, I would like to bring you a little closer to the god Tezcatlipoca who was associated with the moon by the ancient Aztecs and in the diverse religion of the Aztecs played an important role and who wants to learn more about this culture will find a contribution here. In general, Tezcatlipoca was also associated with the night, cold or the north and was considered a very powerful deity that even participated in the creation of humanity and according to legends, Tezcatlipoca even had the ability to look to the future and influence the weather. The mineral Obsedian was also dedicated to him, from which mirrors and other objects were made at that time and were used for prophecies or rituals, and in his honor, the festival of Toxcatl was celebrated in the month may. He was also revered as a warlike deity and to this day there are few traditions about his appearance, but it is assumed that his attributes included yellow and black stripes on his face and he was also associated with black as the god of the night. There were some temples that were consecrated to him and priests mostly wore special clothes and ornaments to celebrate his cult and there were various rituals to worship him.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about mythology! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens!
