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book review || Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

5 by 5: Historical Fiction Flair -- 5 HF Reads and Reviews

5 / 5 stars

[elvenprinces]

[thelandswemadeofpaper]

“It is at the right time that she sparks the last breath and the last hope of the body that has completely shed its life. In the final beat of the weakened heart, in the irreversible end, your face is warmed that is seen. Death then becomes the last memory.”

To where do go the suicidals by Felipe Saraiça

[howstrangethemusicsoundstome]

Today I learned about Ixchel, the Mayan moon goddess who has a bunny companion. As a night-inclined bunny-lover with Mayan ancestry, I feel quite represented.

[theforgottenlibrary]

“Ixchel, the aged jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine in ancient Maya culture. According to Mayan mythology, Ixchel was married, but had other lovers. When her husband got very jealous of her, she made herself invisible to him and spent her nights assisting women in childbirth. As protector of mothers and children, she is often depicted as a maiden with a rabbit, a symbol of fertility and abundance.”

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[theforgottenlibrary]

Mayan Gods

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[weareenvironmentaljustice]

Though Mel Gibson directed Apocalypto in all of his Anti-Semiticism and chauvinist machismo, this scene of the Village Elder will never fail to make me solemn.