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6/22/2025, 7:09:56 PM
>>713357125
It's in the filename, it's Coyolxauhqui drawn by Mossacannibalis. Coyolxauhqui is (probably) a moon goddess, and (likely) represents the moon allegorically in myth where a earth/mother goddess, Coatlicue, is magically impregnated by a ball of feathers at Coatepec mountain. Her children Coyolxauhqui and the Centzon Huitznahuas (a group of giants) attack her as a result (for reason i don't quite understand the symbolism of, I guess maybe it's like what happens in Greek myths where women get raped but then are blamed/seen as shameful for being victimized?), but then she gives birth to Huitzilopochtli, fully grown and armed like Athena, who slays his sister and brothers, with Coyolxauhqui's body being tossed down the mountain and breaking into pieces at the base
The most common interpretation is that this is meant to be a metaphor for the Sun's rise (Huitzilopochtli) over the Moon (Coyolxauhqui) and the stars (Centzon Huitznahuas), though I have seen at least one paper dispute that and it's complicated by the fact that Huitzilopochtli is not really "the sun god" or the personification of the sun (that would be Tonatiuh), and likewise Tecciztecatl is a more literal moon god/the moon itself, though I guess you could argue the myths are just competing narratives that are mutually exclusive
Mossa's depiction of her here is based on the Coyolxauhqui disc, which depicts her with dismembered limbs and a severed neck as in the end of the myth, and the disc was located at the foot of Tenochtitlan's great temple, also mirroring the position of her body at the base of Coatepec mountain. The ochre/mustard, azure/blue, crimson/red, white, and black color scheme also matches the paint traces on the disc, and more broadly other monuments and artifacts found around the Great Temple: it's a largely consistent color scheme for stuff there
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>>713357312
no, see >>713351846
>>713358627
correct
It's in the filename, it's Coyolxauhqui drawn by Mossacannibalis. Coyolxauhqui is (probably) a moon goddess, and (likely) represents the moon allegorically in myth where a earth/mother goddess, Coatlicue, is magically impregnated by a ball of feathers at Coatepec mountain. Her children Coyolxauhqui and the Centzon Huitznahuas (a group of giants) attack her as a result (for reason i don't quite understand the symbolism of, I guess maybe it's like what happens in Greek myths where women get raped but then are blamed/seen as shameful for being victimized?), but then she gives birth to Huitzilopochtli, fully grown and armed like Athena, who slays his sister and brothers, with Coyolxauhqui's body being tossed down the mountain and breaking into pieces at the base
The most common interpretation is that this is meant to be a metaphor for the Sun's rise (Huitzilopochtli) over the Moon (Coyolxauhqui) and the stars (Centzon Huitznahuas), though I have seen at least one paper dispute that and it's complicated by the fact that Huitzilopochtli is not really "the sun god" or the personification of the sun (that would be Tonatiuh), and likewise Tecciztecatl is a more literal moon god/the moon itself, though I guess you could argue the myths are just competing narratives that are mutually exclusive
Mossa's depiction of her here is based on the Coyolxauhqui disc, which depicts her with dismembered limbs and a severed neck as in the end of the myth, and the disc was located at the foot of Tenochtitlan's great temple, also mirroring the position of her body at the base of Coatepec mountain. The ochre/mustard, azure/blue, crimson/red, white, and black color scheme also matches the paint traces on the disc, and more broadly other monuments and artifacts found around the Great Temple: it's a largely consistent color scheme for stuff there
>>713356982
>>713357312
no, see >>713351846
>>713358627
correct
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