The rain-god Chaac erupts from his cave flanked by swirling cascades of water, and with a fisher-bird for his crest!
carved stone
c. 695-738 CE
Maya culture
Copan, Honduras
#handmade #art #ancientart #carved #stone #mayaculture #copan #honduras #chaac #snakebody #raingod #precolumbian #prehispanic
Mask of Tlaloc, inlaid with turquoise. Place of origin: Mexico, Mixtec civilization, c. 1300-1500 AD. Collection: St Louis Art Museum. 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐔𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐍𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 — 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐬𝐞 — 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐞.
More than a mask, this is #Tláloc — the #RainGod who nourished fields & shaped #CyclesOfLife in the ancient #Mixtec civilization. The #turquoise inlay isn’t just 🪨, but sky & water fused in one, a sacred reminder that survival itself was divine.
#Art #ArtHistory #IndigenousArt #PreColumbianArt
Offerings to Tláloc, featuring Sunny ⛈️💙✨
#rain #tlaloc #offerings #ancestor #raingod #witch #bluebirdflutes #nativeamericanflute
Tlaloc, óleo sobre papel #oilpainting #traditionalart #aztec #raingod #paintingoftheday #allaprima #oilonpaper #noai
The rain began as he turned the key. He allowed himself a small, resigned sign. This was the way of it: he drove a car, it rained - like Samuel Beckett taking to the cricket field. Ok, no big deal. He pulled away. Twenty mph, drizzle. Fine. He speed up as he exited the village, the rain grew heavier. Normal. He hit the 50 mph sign, the rain became aggressive, angrily striking the windscreen. He eased off the grass, the rain eased off too. A lorry nearly ran into him from behind. Goddamn it! He met the motorway, held his breath. #BubbleDrabbles
