@niftybuckles.bsky.social#WyrdWednesday
In ancient Mexica belief, death began a journey.
To reach Mictlán, realm of the dead, the soul faced a long passage through the underworld. At its first river, a xoloitzcuintli dog could help the dead cross the waters.
Even beyond death, the dog remained a companion.
#Mexicanlore
@wyrdwednesday.bsky.socialRight, you Wyrdlings, @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social returns to Mictlan now and leaves #WyrdWednesday and the world of the living in the capable hands of wyrd Mother Sam - bring her more stories from Mexico old and new -and thank you for the ones you shared so far!
🎨 Lorry
@crystalponti.bsky.socialThe chaneques of Mexican folklore are small supernatural beings associated with wild places. Stories vary by region, but they may hide belongings, confuse travelers, or frighten those entering their territory. Sometimes losing your keys isn't merely losing your keys. #WyrdWednesday
@asls.org.uk“Juana Adcock is a poet who works between languages and registers and themes, ever inventive and risk-taking”
@samueltongue.bsky.social examines two poems by the Mexican-born, Scotland-based poet & translator Juana Adcock
#WyrdWednesday #poetry 🏴🇲🇽
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@asls.org.ukWhat do you do when the sun forgets to come out
in the longest darkness of winter months?
Bueno I go out into the frosted forest
all things twinkling with ice like tiny eyes…
—Juana Adcock, “What do you do…”
from SPLIT (Blue Diode, 2019)
#WyrdWednesday #poem 🏴🇲🇽
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@miles-hentrup.bsky.socialReposting this for #WyrdWednesday
@niftybuckles.bsky.social#WyrdWednesday
🌺Frida Kahlo painted a México alive with myth, earth and spirit. July 6, 1907 - July 13, 1954, aged 47. 🌺🇲🇽
In The Love Embrace, ancient Xólotl enters her cosmic world; in Diego on My Mind, Frida appears crowned in the magnificent Tehuana resplandor.🌙🐕🌺
#FridaKahlo #MexicanArt
@chriswoodyard.bsky.social#WyrdWednesday An archival post, originally for Dia de los Muertos, Legend of the Obedient Dead Nun. Nuns take vows of poverty, chastity, and, most importantly, of obedience. It can be a most difficult vow to keep—particularly if you are dead.
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@ninaantonia13.bsky.social#WyrdWednesday Born in Hungary photographer Kati Horna 1912-2000 acquired Mexican citizenship & worked alongside Leonora Carrington & Remedios Varo. In her day, Horna was well respected for her images of women caught in wars they didn't create. Why Horna isn't as lauded as Lee Miller is a mystery.
@whatters2.bsky.socialDtundtuncan: is a frightening bird-like creature of the night which looks like a eyeless blackbird. According to folklore, hearing its call or seeing it is an ominous omen of death, and it is said to prey on children after dark.
@crystalponti.bsky.socialIn Mexica tradition, dogs could help the dead on their journey through the afterlife. The xoloitzcuintli, an ancient Mexican breed, became strongly associated with guiding souls. Sometimes the companion waiting on the other side had four legs. #WyrdWednesday
@greatdetective.bsky.socialOn her visit to Mexico, Jessica lends Death a helping hand.
#WyrdWednesday
MURDER, SHE WROTE 'Day of the Dead' (1992)
@asls.org.uk“Six warriors, a woman and a boy, captured close to Chihuahua, and sent to Mexico, the Lord knows why…”
—Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham’s 1899 short story “A Hegira” follows a group of Mescalero Apaches & their desperate flight from Mexico City to their own lands
#WyrdWednesday #C19
![The giant cypresses, tall even in the time of Montezuma, the castle of Chapultepec upon its rock (an island in the plain of Mexico), the panorama of the great city backed by the mountain range; the two volcanoes, the Popocatepetl and the Istacihuatl, and the lakes; the tigers in their cages, did not interest me so much as a small courtyard, in which, ironed and guarded, a band of Indians of the Apache tribe were kept confined. Six warriors, a woman and a boy, captured close to Chihuahua, and sent to Mexico, the Lord knows why; for generally an Apache captured was shot at once, following the frontier rule, which without difference of race was held on both sides of the Rio Grande, that a good Indian must needs be dead.
Silent and stoical the warriors sat, not speaking once in a whole day, communicating but by signs; naked except the breech-clout; their eyes apparently opaque, and looking at you without sight, but seeing everything; and their demeanour less reassuring than that of the tigers in the cage hard by. All could speak Spanish if they liked, some a word or two of English, but no one heard them […]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:vmd2oqboco524fhpqdu7pnbn/bafkreibbbqwogga7np2x55kfgu3c6pichsietak3qmey3hnd6h7rjjbfyq@jpeg)
@forgottenbeauty.bsky.social2/2 They hid inside their blow guns, but when one put his head out to see if the sun had risen, Camazotz pulled off his head and hung it in the ballcourt to be used in the next game by the gods.
🎨Arthur Rackham redbubble.com/shop/ap/3494... #WyrdWednesday #art #illustration #mythology #vintage
@forgottenbeauty.bsky.social1/2 In Mayan #mythology Camazotz was the god of caves. He had human features with the wings of a bat. Archetypal hero twins had to spend the night in the House of #Bats.
🎨Hilda Hechle redbubble.com/shop/ap/3485... #art #folklore #WyrdWednesday #wallart #fineart #decor #Victorian #fairytale #gifts
@cwreeve.bsky.social“She was the snake biting its tail. She was a dreamer, eternally bound to a nightmare, eyes closed even when her eyes had turned to dust.”
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic
🎨 by gracezhuart
#WyrdWednesday #BookChatWeekly
@druidtombraider.bsky.socialContrary to popular belief, the creators of the Ancient Maya Calendar viewed time as a repeating circle of creation and renewal, not a straight line heading toward an apocalypse on 21st December 2012. #WyrdWednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social
