coldalbion:magictransistor:Mesoamerican Mosaic Skulls Every time I go to the British Museum, I have
coldalbion:magictransistor:Mesoamerican Mosaic Skulls Every time I go to the British Museum, I have a bit of a conversation with the 2nd one in this set. It’s an odd thing, because it’s the closest thing I’ve seen to a human being bolted onto a god.I mean, the mask is held to be of Tezcatlipoca by most scholars, but the mask itself is laid upon a human skull. As with the statue of Hermes in the Enlightenment gallery, first contact was often met with surprise - as if the entity was surprised to find someone was trying to reach out.Certainly, the line most draw between god/spirit/ancestor/dead human is..blurry at best, let me assure you -- source link