Friday, March 16, 2012

MICTLANTEUCTLI

MICTLANTEUCTLI
“Mictlanteuctli, Great Lord, a sign! A sign from within thy black cave! Iä! Tonatiuh-Metztli! Cthulhutl! Command, and I serve!”
H.P. Lovecraft, The Electric Executioner

"Mictlantecuhtli usually appears as a skeleton of bleached white bones with red, bloody spots. He is often festooned with owl feathers, paper head ornaments and banners, and wears a collar of extruded eyeballs.
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Mary Miller & Karl Taube, An Illustrated Dictionary Of the Gods and Symbols Of Ancient Mexico and the Maya

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The underworld, a dangerous place known as Mictlan, is ruled by the devious skeletal god Mictlantecuhtli, Lord of Mictlan"
Karl Taube,
Aztec and Maya Myths


3 comments:

  1. Looks pretty cool. Personally I find it very hard to draw skeletons.

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    1. Yeah, they're annoying but they look so cool when they're done!

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  2. Hey, just came across your blog. Love the creatures, the weirder the better!

    I've got a similar one, although my approach is not as systematic as yours. Check it out if you feel like it. http://humanmollusk.blogspot.com/

    Anyhow, keep up the insanity!

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