My wings are made of obsidian. My hands are clawed like a jaguar. My knife is dedicated to the sacrifice of all that is precious. I am the rejuvenated butterfly, resprouted from the purified flowers where newborns blossom. I am Itzpapalotl, queen of the cosmic and fertile Tzitzimitl and ruler of Tamoanchan, the ancestral plane where elders crafted the human race. 🦋
A watercolor piece celebrating the Mexica (Aztec) deity of fertility and war. In the tonalpohualli, Itzpapalotl rules over day Cozcacuauhtli (knife) and over trecena 1-Calli (house). She is a motherly figure charged with many responsibilities, including the care of women about to give birth. She ruled over the realm of Tamoanchan, a paradise where the spirits of women who died during childbirth and infants who died as babies resided. She is also one of the Tzitzimimeh - celestial beings who would possess men during a solar eclipse.
Original painting.
11” x 14”, signed.
Watercolor.
140 lb. 300g. watercolor paper.
My wings are made of obsidian. My hands are clawed like a jaguar. My knife is dedicated to the sacrifice of all that is precious. I am the rejuvenated butterfly, resprouted from the purified flowers where newborns blossom. I am Itzpapalotl, queen of the cosmic and fertile Tzitzimitl and ruler of Tamoanchan, the ancestral plane where elders crafted the human race. 🦋
A watercolor piece celebrating the Mexica (Aztec) deity of fertility and war. In the tonalpohualli, Itzpapalotl rules over day Cozcacuauhtli (knife) and over trecena 1-Calli (house). She is a motherly figure charged with many responsibilities, including the care of women about to give birth. She ruled over the realm of Tamoanchan, a paradise where the spirits of women who died during childbirth and infants who died as babies resided. She is also one of the Tzitzimimeh - celestial beings who would possess men during a solar eclipse.
Original painting.
11” x 14”, signed.
Watercolor.
140 lb. 300g. watercolor paper.
