#hws olmec

[dahliamorena]

can we see ur olmec oc again i love him 🥺

So Olmec actually belongs to my friend @lubby-beez but because she’s swaggy she lets me use her for my cringe lore lol.

Tia Olmec is also known as the “mother culture” of MesoAmerica. The word “Olmec” comes from the Nahuatl “Ōlmēcatl” meaning “rubber people”. I found this interesting article that describes the rubber making process of the MesoAmericans incase anybody would like to read it!

Bonus doodle of Tia Olmec and young Aztec if they ever got the chance to meet;

[stirringwinds]

Do u have any headcanons about Rome or the other ancients

i do! here are some of them:

Rome is the Italybros' father, not their grandfather. Children are sometimes bittersweet omens for nations; your beginning is a harbinger of someone else's end.

When he was still a republic, the Battle of Cannae during the Punic Wars against Carthage was the moment Rome most feared dying for real. As the Carthaginian general Hannibal proclaimed; "I swear to arrest the destiny of Rome with fire and steel"—that put some real fear into young Rome's heart.

Persia (aka the Achaemenid Empire) is at least 3,000 years old—they and modern Iran are the same person. Another ye olde helltalia, like China.

Germania's real name is not Germania: he is one of the many Germanic nations that existed; as historically, Tacitus' concept of "Germania" is more of a Roman construction—they didn't see themselves as a single unified "Germanic" cultural or political entity. So, Tacitus' Germania? Much like Herodotus: father of history, father of lies, perhaps...

Yao's earliest memory is of walking along the Yellow River. It's one thing he has in common with many other ancient nations; rivers feature heavily in their earliest sense of being: Rome (the Tiber), Sumer (the Tigris and the Euphrates), Ancient Egypt (the Nile) and Olmec (the Coatzacoalcos, in modern Mexico) being some examples. Yao thinks of the Yellow River as being both life and death; the fertile silt on the banks that would be the lifeblood of his civilisation, but also the source of devastating floods throughout his history.

Yao rather respected Rome, Persia/Iran and India a lot more than his other neighbours; Rome being called da qin（大秦）or "great qin". Almost a sort of "oh, there's another empire at the opposite end of the (then) known world just like me." Bit of a difference from how at various points, Yong-soo and Kiku got much less flattering names. Today, many things have crumbled under the sword of time, but there's still Roman glassware he has from that long-gone time of the Silk Road that linked Rome and China—as well as all the other cultures in between—together.

[lubby-beez]

Day 1: History

@aph-latam-events

Left to Right:

- Olmec, Zoque, and Mixe

I decided to draw my Olmec oc. The Mother of mesoamerica, Olmec. The one that started the flourish and influence on Mexican soil.

Olmec-

a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico ( c. 1200–400 BC), who established what was probably the first Meso-American civilization.

Mixe-

Are indigenous people inhabiting the eastern highlands state of Oaxaca. The Mixe name for themselves is ayuujkjä'äy meaning "people who speak the mountain language. The word "Mixe" itself is probably derived from the Nahuatl word for cloud: mīxtli.

Zoque-

Are indigenous people inhabiting several parts of Mexico: Oaxaca, mostly in Chiapas, and etc. The Zoque are related to the Mixe through language.

Information/introduction:

What I’ve realized about Olmec interpretations is they don’t tackle relationships and the influence the Olmecs have in mesoamerica.

And I would like to introduce the idea that My interpretation of Olmec is she is motherly and willing to adopt and mentor other civilizations.

-Why does Olmec adopt?

Because she has been alone and didn’t had anyone to look up to, because of this, she wanted to make sure the children she adopted have the love and affection they deserve.

To let them be under her wing and teach the knowledge she had picked up before.

-Did she any children of her own besides adoption?

No. What the olmecs done for most civilizations was to inspire and the share of knowledge. Influence.

Though. The Zoque and Mixe are theorized to be Olmec descendants.

I thought it would be cute for them to have a strong connection to Olmec.

[another-mexico-oc]

Do you remember anything of the Olmecs? Did you meet their representation?

Mexico: Mother of all Mesoamerican cultures? Well, she no longer existed when I was born. I think she was my great grandmother, or great great grandmother? I don´t know. My family tree is kind of confusing. But Aztec told me some curious facts about her...

Mun: And I think is time for some...

OLMEC HEADCANONS: 

※ No one knows her real name. Aztec and other descendants gave her that name. Also, it is unknown how she disappeared.

※ She loved nature. Her gods were related to animals, like the snake, the one that later will inspire Quetzacoátl and Kukulkán.

※ Some say she practiced magic. 

※ Her favorite animal was the jaguar. It is said she could transform herself into one. It is something known as nahualismo. Mexico has tried this, thinking that there is still some magic running through her blood, but with zero results... at the moment.

※ She already used a 365 days´ calendar. 

※ Aztec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Cholula, and many others inherited her traditions and knowledge: religion, mathemathics, astronomy, architecture and the mesoamerican ballgame. 

※ Oh, and normally she only wore a long skirt. This picture is one of the exceptions.

[dahliamorena]

- Returning of the Monster of the Earth

Based on this article I saw the other day about it lol. INAH does a more in depth job at explaining it!

Olmec Oc: @lubby-beez

Don’t tag as Us * Mex or Ame * Mex in reblogs pls!