#lyobaa

[shi-gu]

Chapter 6: Bird of Ill Omen starts today!

This entire chapter will set the Oaxaca Arc in motion.

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[shi-gu]

It’s webcomic thursday! Chapter 6, pages 11-13 are now online! Just kidding, my hands aren’t falling off... yet.

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[shi-gu]

It’s webcomic Thursday! Chapter 6, pages 16-19 are now online! Donaji & Itzcacalotl finally meet the Oracle of Lyobaa, but something unexpected “awakens”...

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[shi-gu]

It’s that time of the week already! Chapter 6, pages 5-7 are now online. Featuring the Three Great Southern Oracles!

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[shi-gu]

It’s webcomic thursday! Chapter 6, pages 8-10 are now online.

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[shi-gu]

Mini Codex 6: Pitao Pezeelao

The truth behind Donaji and the villagers of Quie Yelaag! Had to push back Chapter 6 another week in order to explain some key aspects of Zapotec culture.

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[shi-gu]

I made yet another Zapotec Toponymic Glyph. This time for the city of Lyobaa, today known as Mitla in Oaxaca.

The nahua glyph for this city, called "Mictlan", represents a skull and a wrapped body. Lyobaa in Zapotec means "Place of Rest" and was the Zapotec religious capital (it’s described as some sort of “Vatican”) and also a burial site for the highest ranking nobles.

As with the glyph for Zaachila, I took the lower part from the toponymical glyphs found at Monte Albán, and the skull is based on a relief carved in the tombs of Zaachila. Those reliefs are typically Zapotec and not Mixtec as it is often believed.

[guillekan]

Dintel Oeste #Lyobaa #Mitla #Oaxaca #PinturaMural #Mixcóatl #CulebradeNubes #Arqueología #archaeology #ValledeTlacula #mixtecos #zapotecos #relacionesi terétnicas #reds #rojos #ÑuuDzahui #Mesoamérica #prehispanicArt 🎨 (en San Pablo Villa de Mitla)