Best. Goddess. Ever.

Apr 16, 2013 01:38


There is an Aztec goddess called Mayahuel who is the goddess of agave. (The usual mythological thing where somebody dies and is buried and comes up as a plant. You get that a lot. It’s one of the acceptable ways to die if you’re a god.)

Mayahuel has four hundred breasts, lactates pulque (the fermented drink made from agave nectar) and has four ( Read more... )

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oscy April 16 2013, 02:01:28 UTC
Oh please please tell me there will be a painting of hordes of bunnies with cocktail shakers/glasses. X3

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zianuray April 16 2013, 02:08:35 UTC

This, oh lordy, this.

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therhoda April 16 2013, 11:58:04 UTC
I'm with them! the drunken bunnies are Calling

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paradigmshifty April 16 2013, 12:10:33 UTC
Oh Danny boy...

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schreibergasse April 16 2013, 02:12:20 UTC
I am now imagining Ometochtli as the god of the two-day hangover.
Or, I guess, two-day bender.

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movingfinger April 16 2013, 05:47:32 UTC
You mean the oh, god...

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neotoma April 16 2013, 02:26:17 UTC
The Four Hundred Rabbits are pretty benign for gods. Especially for Aztec gods -- they just drag you out to the desert for drunken barbeques.

I’ll just get a plague of bunnies bearing cocktail shakers.

Considering rabbit gods are Trickster gods, maybe you'd better not risk it.

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dianavilliers April 17 2013, 01:39:23 UTC
I hear they dig burrows and then invite crayfish over...

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brenda_ea April 16 2013, 02:32:16 UTC
I can't help wondering if El-ahrairah is in there somewhere...

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t_c_da April 16 2013, 02:39:15 UTC
By pure blind coincidence, this turned up in my friends feed - diamonds made from tequila fumes...

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