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[otherworldmythology]

Tezcatlipoca - Tēzcatlīpohca 

Among the Aztec gods he is one of the most notable and important, representative of a myriad of things. He was lord of darkness and the night, represented rulership, the blackened stone obsidian mirrors used for scrying, jaguars, and is implied to have some sort of deep connection to the calendar. In the creation myth he is child of Ometeotl, the primordial dual-deity, and brother to the also important Quetzalcoatl, with their myths highlighting their intense brotherly rivalry as well as Tezcatlipoca's often dark and capricious nature. In one variation he and Quetzalcoatl kill the earth monster, Cipactli, to create the Earth, but in the process Tezcatlipoca loses his right leg when he uses it as a lure to catch the beast. In the myth of the Five Suns he is also the first sun, however he does not shine as bright as the others and is knocked out of the sky by his brother, sending his jaguars to kill humanity in retaliation and sabotaging his successors. His festival was Toxcatl, the fifth month roughly corresponding to May, where an impersonator in his form would be ritually slain after personifying him for one year. Tezcatlipoca is described as being and living everywhere at once, and it's implied that the visual forms seen to not truly represent him as he is meant to be invisible or unknowable.

Pantheon: Aztec

Domain or Function: Darkness and the night, obsidian and mirrors used for scrying.

Alternate Names: Tezcatl Ipoca, in his jaguar form he is known as Tepeyollotl, a different deity.

Character Traits: His nature can change depending on the myth, but many myths often showcase him in a heated rivalry with his brother and having traits often seen as negative or at the very least mean-spirited.

Visual Traits: His visual traits change quite a bit but his most notable trait is the black band on his face, his missing right leg, the abalone breastplate on his chest (anahuatl), obsidian mirrors, and some sort of jaguar imagery. He can also be shown with a shield, a bundle of arrows, or a seer-scepter (tlachialoni). He can also be shown with smoke or blood symbols coming out of his head or around his body.

Symbolism: Jaguars, mirrors of obsidian.

Sources: 1 2 3

[otherworldmythology]

Astaroth

Usually demon number 29 in the Lesser Key of Solomon listing of demons. In Goetia, Astaroth is a duke and also considered one of the great rulers of Hell, often alongside Lucifer and Beelzebub, originating as a bastardization of the Phoenician goddess Astarte through demonization via centuries of persecution against pagan deities. In Kabbalistic practices he rules over the evil force (qlippoth) known as Gha'aghsheblah, giving him dominance over the planet Jupiter. He attacks most during the month of August and has to be controlled via a magical ring due to his foul breath. He is most often said to be at odds with St. Bartholomew. He commands 40 legions of demons and is sometimes considered a powerful archdemon himself.

Pantheon: Goetia

Domain or Function: Sloth, deceit, mathematics and science, snakes, possessions, knowledge, Jupiter, and philosophy.

Alternate Names: Ashtaroth, Astarot, Astetoth.

Character Traits: Said to be incredibly powerful and can answer any question he is asked, provide knowledge of philosophies, and controls others via self-doubt and laziness.

Visual Traits: Depicted usually as a fallen lowly angel with a crown and elongated clawed limbs, wielding a snake in his right hand, and seated upon a great lupine beast.

Symbolism: Snakes, Jupiter

Sources: 1 2

[orangelemonart]

The real birthday gift isn't the camellias, but a rousing fistfight

[shamefulhijra]

sometimes women have dicks and men have pussies!! people need to get over it

[otherworldmythology]

Ereshkigal - 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲

Queen of the Great Earth, goddess of the underworld usually known as Kur or Irkalla. She is considered 'sister' to the great goddess Inanna-Ishtar, though sister could be literal or an honorific of some kind, and is usually wife to Nergal, Gugalana, or Ninazu. She features predominately in two myths only, those being her punishment of Inanna-Ishtar based on her behavior when she visits the underworld, and her marriage to the god Nergal upon him laying with her and attempting to escape. She is served by her sukkal (servant) Namtar who acts in her stead most often as she cannot leave the underworld. Her palace in the underworld is surrounded by seven gates each at which an article of clothing must be removed from the visitor. In the underworld the dead eat only dust unless they are given proper burial treatment; her job is simply to inform them of their passing.

Pantheon: Mesopotamian

Domain or Function: Goddess of the underworld and death.

Alternate Names: Irkalla, Ninkigal.

Character Traits: No specific traits are shown, though she exhibits great power as shown in both myths.

Visual Traits: No existing depictions of her exist. The Burney Relief is often thought to depict her however.

Symbolism: Unknown

Sources: 1

[tainolearner]

Espejo y Machete

[tainolearner]

https://community.youtooz.com/design/883

[lemonscribs]

Capricorn hammerhead shark 🌿 Which shark would represent your star sign the best? Lmk in the comments and I‘ll try to draw them for you!

[tainolearner]

im an Indigenous Trans Anticommunist Cuban. i hope is killed every transphobe and is killed every communist.

obviously this is hyperbole. but i am getting very frustrated with not only the widespread transphobia and hate towards our rainbow in the globe, but the widespread apologia for the cuban dictatorship as it actively imprisons as hostage and banishes cubans to police our thoughts and beliefs…

so. sorry i’m not your Perfect Victim. but injustice must be reckoned with if there’s to be righteous peace and prosperity

[tainolearner]

i prefer Liberty

[otherworldmythology]

Camazotz

In the Popol Vuh the titular heroes, Xbalanque and Hunahpu, must hide in their own blowguns in the house of bats (Zotzi-ha) to escape the onslaught of several deadly creatures known as camazotz, death bats. They're described as having terrible flapping wings and noses like blades. As the sun rises and the twins get anxious to leave Hunahpu sticks his head out of their blowguns, only to have it sliced off and used as a ball by the lords of the underworld. In several pieces of pottery and art bats can be seen, specifically the leaf-nosed bat, and are an important symbol that represent the night and death. In later renditions of the Popol Vuh Camazotz is referred to as a specific deity rather than a creature.

Pantheon: Maya

Domain or Function: A god or creature who lives in the underworld in the house of bats and terrorizes inhabitants. Represents the night and death.

Alternate Names: Sotz, Zotz, Kama Sotz, Kama Zotz

Character Traits: They are creatures of the night and death and also relay messages for the lords of the underworld.

Visual Traits: In artwork bats are often shown as way animals or anthropomorphic form, wielding knives and having death symbols like bones on their wings.

Symbolism: Bones

Sources: 1 2

[pastel-prouvaire-deactivated201]

PSA: tumblr user littlefuckinmonster is stealing human bones from cemeteries in Louisiana. Please don’t let them get away with this and spread the word/signal boost!

[wdapteo]

this post is officially a decade old now

[mutantrenegade]

For anyone who wasnt around when this happened, this was real. Littlefuckinmonster was actually stealing bones from cemeteries. She is the bone stealing witch. She was specifically stealing bones from poor people. She was arrested for it.

[ms-demeanor]

This is not a Goncharov, this literally happened, here’s the Wikipedia article about it.

[otherworldmythology]

Cerberus - Kérberos - Κέρβερος 

The fearsome hound of Hades who guards the gates of the underworld, preventing those inside from leaving and intruders from entering. He features in only one major myth where he is captured by Heracles at the request of King Eurystheus. Heracles, aided by Athena and Hermes, is led into the underworld usually through Tainaron, the most famous entrance. Depending on the version he either fights Hades for his hound, beats the dog into submission with no weapons, or is given him by Persephone. He brings the horrible hound above ground to the king, along with sometimes freeing Theseus and Pirithous, later returning him home. He features in other later tales like Virgil's Aeneid, and in the modern day he has become one of the most famous Greek beasts.

Pantheon: Greek, Roman

Domain or Function: Guard dog of the underworld.

Alternate Names: None

Character Traits: Usually described as a regular dog, only larger and more ferocious.

Visual Traits: Almost always has three canine heads surrounded by a mane of snakes or a singular snake tail.

Symbolism: Snakes

Sources: 1 2

[tainolearner]

la dea più bella

[otherworldmythology]

Hou Yi - 后羿

A deity of archery who was said to live during the Xia period, sometimes cited as the tribal leader of the Qiong people. The mythical sons of Emperor Jun (or the Jade Emperor) and the goddess Xihe were embodied as ten giant three-legged crows, each their own sun. These ten suns were far too hot for the people of the land, scorching it and forcing them to live inside. Hou Yi descended from the heavens to aid them, armed with a bow and arrows given to him by the emperor. With each arrow he shot down all of the suns, leaving only one remaining in the sky. He also kills various harmful beasts and is considered a god-king of the people. At the end of his tale he is given an elixir of immortality which will allow him to rise back into the heavens, however his wife, Chang'e, either steals or is forced to take it, herself ascending into the sky to the moon. One of the final tales of his life is that he deposes another king, Tai Kang, but is himself deposed by lieutenant Han Zhuo, either being killed or dying of old age.

Pantheon: Chinese

Domain or Function: Archery deity, tribal leader, savior of mankind.

Alternate Names: Yi, Lord Yi.

Character Traits: A benevolent hero who slays all that dares face humanity.

Visual Traits: In art he is almost always shown with a bow aimed at the ten crows. Some versions of the story attribute a red bow and silver arrows to him, given to him by Emperor Jun.

Symbolism: Suns, bow and arrows.

Sources: 1 2

[writing-for-life]

Ishtar—Claudia Olivos

Dream also calls her Astarte and Belili—I’ve always wondered why the latter. Astarte makes sense, because Ishtar and Astarte are pretty much the same deity (who also strongly influenced the idea of Aphrodite/Venus), with Ishtar (or Inanna) being more Babylonian/Mesopotamian and Astarte more Canaanite/Northwestern Semitic. They both stand for love, sex and war/victory (plus some other worship that sometimes overlaps and sometimes doesn’t).

But Belili is rather a Mesopotamian deity of the underworld who is associated with grief, mourning, death and rebirth. And I have, to this very day, not figured out if this is an oversight or on purpose. I want to believe the latter of course, both because of Ishtar’s own arc but also as foreshadowing for Dream’s:

[job as dancer? I mean, why not, he’s been fighting it for so long, it’d be about time 🤣]

[atargatiscorona]