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FablePaint In reply to chiBo-2 [2007-01-22 05:30:34 +0000 UTC]

This is only a fantasy painting, it was never meant to be historically or mythologically accurate. In fact, that character is female.

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chiBo-2 In reply to FablePaint [2007-01-25 21:03:43 +0000 UTC]

ok, i understand... sorry
i just don't like to be confused with a southamerican

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FablePaint In reply to chiBo-2 [2007-01-25 22:09:57 +0000 UTC]

Quite alright, in fact your comment made me reconsider the location of an Aztecan mythology-based comic I'll be writing this summer. I'd rather not propagate misinformation about the Aztecs or Mayan cultures (these stories will be borrowing from those and other cultures from the Central American region) in the interest of keeping an Amazon setting, especially when there's rainforest and other interesting terrain in the Aztec's native location.

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chiBo-2 In reply to FablePaint [2007-01-27 00:35:20 +0000 UTC]

hey, that's a nice idea! actually quetzalcoatl has a very weird story. quetzalcoatl (or tlahuizcalpantecuhtli) is an aztec god associated with ehecatl as a divine wind and according to the legends about him, he was also a legendary toltec king of the great city of tollan or teotihuacan, near tenochtitlan, now known as mexico city... tenochtitlan was built by the aztecs that were inspired by the greatness of teotihuacan when they found its ruins (teotihuacan was mysteriously abandoned centuries before the aztecs found it). he was a god to the toltec and/or the chichimeca people and to the mayans. the word for quetzalcoatl in mayan language is "kukulkan" and was more of a thunder god, yet almost the same as the aztec version. the mayans say he is in part responsible for creation. mayan territories extended through the yucatan peninsula and the caribbean coast, they were the only ones that had rainforests in them, though the aztecs did dominate some territories that went as far as nicaragua.
according to the aztecs, he is son of ometeotl (ometecuhtli and/or omecihuatl), the god/goddess of duality and father/mother of everything; he is twin of the black tezcatlipoca (quetlzalcoatl is also known as white tezcatlipoca), brother of huitzilopochtli (sun, god of war, manifestates as an eagle, yes, its the eagle on the mexican flag) and coyolxauhqui (goddess of the moon, leader of the huitznauna, dismembered by her brother huitzilopochtli after leading the 400 huitznauna to kill the coatlicue ). all 4 brothers represent the four cardinal directions.
If u wanna know more about quetzalcoatl and his mysterious history, u can check wikipedia (i didn't check it, but i've heard the spanish version is a good source), i think this could be a nice framework for ur comic .

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FablePaint In reply to chiBo-2 [2007-01-27 00:52:00 +0000 UTC]

My research into the subject was quite fascinating, and I found out many of the stuff you've mentioned. I even have the four tezcatlipocas featured in my comic, plus Mayauel acting as the main character. She had only a small part in Aztecan mythos, but it was fascinating.

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chiBo-2 In reply to chiBo-2 [2007-01-22 05:02:20 +0000 UTC]

...oops i made some spelling errors... see, everyone makes mistakes... i didn't mean to burst ur bubble, its tile a nice drawing

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Yrior In reply to hatleopard [2005-12-10 21:33:04 +0000 UTC]

Ohmegee. I love that. ^^ Fuzzy!!!!!


Azza-Hehe...you've read the Dragonology book to? I have both. >> Got 'em at my school book fair.

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hatleopard In reply to Yrior [2005-12-11 12:08:38 +0000 UTC]

awesome! I'm getting the Wizardology too ^__^

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