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ah shoot it seems these creatures got accidentally caught in the net, mind helping me with one of them?

jicophidia

based on the myth of xicalcoatl, a river snake with a jicara (bowl) on top, they would use the gourd to attract the attention of people and lure them deep into the river where it would catch and drown them

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xohuiwing (xohuilin=fish in nahuatl)

based on the quauhxouilin, a mysterious fish described by the spanish as having an eagle like beak and being scaleless, it hasnt been identified and some think it might have been a cephalopod

[translation] no major sources for quauhxouilin but this is the source often quoted [Sahagun, B. (1830) Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España, v. III. Alejandro Valdés, Calle de Santo Domingo, Esquina de Tacuba, Mexico.]

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arcanine #59

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Four-Cornered Hats from Peru and Bolivia, c.600-800 CE: these colorful, finely-woven hats are at least 1,200 years old, and they were crafted from camelid fur

Above: four-cornered hats made by the Wari Empire of Peru (top) and the Tiwanaku culture of Bolivia (bottom) during the 7th-9th centuries CE

Often referred to as "four-cornered hats," caps of this style were widely produced by the ancient Wari and Tiwanaku cultures, located in what is now Peru, Bolivia, and Chile.

According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

Finely woven, brightly colored hats, customarily featuring a square crown, four sides, and four pointed tips, are most frequently associated with two ancient cultures of the Andes: the Wari and the Tiwanaku. The Wari Empire dominated the south-central highlands and the west coastal regions of what is now Peru from 500–1000 A.D. The Tiwanaku occupied the altiplano (high plain) directly south of Wari-populated areas around the same time, including territory now part of the modern country of Bolivia.

Above: pair of four-cornered hats made by the Wari people of Peru, c.600-900 CE

Both cultures used the hair of local camelids (i.e. llamas, alpacas, or vicuñas) to produce their hats. The hair was harvested, crafted into yarn, and treated with colorful dyes, and the finished yarn was then woven and/or knotted into caps and other textiles. Four-cornered hats from both cultures were often decorated with similar stylistic elements, including geometric patterns (particularly diamonds, crosses, and stepped triangles) and depictions of zoomorphic figures such as birds, lizards, and llamas with wings.

Above: four-cornered hats made by the Tiwanaku people of Bolivia, c.600-900 CE

The two cultures used different techniques to construct/assemble their hats, however:

Although they shared certain technological traditions, such as complex tapestry weaving and knotting techniques, the Wari and the Tiwanaku utilized significantly different construction methods to create four-cornered hats. Wari artists typically fashioned the top and corner peaks as separate parts and later assembled them together. Tiwanaku artists generally knotted from the top down, starting with the top and four peaks, to create a single piece.

Above: a four-cornered hat from Bolivia or Peru, made by either the Tiwanaku or Wari culture, c.500-900 CE

There is evidence to suggest that four-cornered hats were often worn as part of daily life, as this publication explains:

Many have indelible marks of hard usage: wear along the edges and folds, a crusting of hair oil on the inside, remnants of broken chin ties, and ancient mends.

Above: a pair of hats made by the Wari culture of Peru, c.600-800 CE

Above: more hats from the Wari culture of Peru, c.700-900 CE, with colorful tassels decorating the four peaks of each cap

The oldest known/surviving examples of the Andean four-cornered hat date back to nearly 1,700 years ago. They began to appear along the northern coast of Chile at some point during the 4th century CE; these early hats had an elongated design with four short peaks, and they are typically associated with the Tiwanaku culture.

Above: this early example of a four-cornered hat was created by the Tiwanaku culture between 300-700 CE

Why indigenous artifacts should be returned to indigenous cultures.

Sources & More Info:

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Four-Cornered Hats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12

Museum Publication: Andean Four-Cornered Hats (PDF available here)

Emory University: Four-Cornered Pile Hat

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Andean Textiles

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AI industry groups are urging an appeals court to block what they say is the largest copyright class action ever certified. They’ve warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic’s AI training now threatens to “financially ruin” the entire AI industry if up to 7 million claimants end up joining the litigation and forcing a settlement.

well…darn

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charrequiem

based on the legend of el charro negro, a mexican variation of the classic rider from hell stories. a rider, in this case a charro, makes a deal with the devil and after being unable to pay becomes one of its emissaries, the charro negro searches for people to force into making deals with the devil so they may take his place some day. one of the most interesting parts about some variations of the myth (for me) is that the horse is condemned alongside him for trying to protect him from the devil, a commonly mentioned detail is the glowing flame like eyes of his horse that can be seen from far away, which is why ive made them the protagonist for my version of the myth.

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iron threads #990

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Heads up to patreon subscribers! If you subscribe to a Patreon via iOS, it holds your payment for 75 days. If you can, please consider subscribing via your desktop!

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I will continue posting in favour of there being fewer people like that

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chocatoyatl

(choca=cry, atoyatl=river)

based on the legend of "la llorona", the spirit of a woman who can be heard crying for her children. there are multiple version of the story as it seems to have existed even before the arrival of the spanish and most versions include a river in some form or another as how her family died, the story wildly changes from then on with different explanations of how this happened, some of the most popular ones have la llorona killing her children herself for different reasons.

[la llorona] [atoyatl] [choca]

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gardevoir #282 mega

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Shopping for laptops fucking sucks ‘cause I don’t know shit about computers. I’ve never had a computer with a functional webcam or microphone or the ability to play computer games made later than 2005 or a speaker that could play anything loud enough to hear from more than a foot away. How the hell should I know what I want?!

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Yesterday, my uncle, a journalist who broadcasts news from Gaza, was on his way to work and was targeted by the damned occupation air force.

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People in the UK especially, please don't give your ID to Spotify

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A book crystallized in the ocean

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I wish all environmentalists a very suck cocks in hell

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Posting up some old art on Inprnt, so that's as good a reason as any to repost these guys

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King of the Hill is back! Don't forget Jonathan Joss (John Redcorn) didn't just die he was murdered for being gay and married to a trans man.

The next hearing for his murderer is August 18th I think. They asshole is more offended that he's being called a homophobe (he has a gay brother gasp!) than murderer (which isn't even in question he confessed immediatly and there were at minimum 5 witnesses)

The media tried to blame it on Joss’ past mental health and addiction issues. He's somehow also supernaturally strong and big and scary and that's not racist at all says white cops.

Please don't forget him. He was so proud and excited for king of the hill. You don't deserve to be murdered because a white dude says u need to die