Sol LeWitt at Paula Cooper
Los sostenedores del cielo, Mexico-Tenochtitlan, “En el Ombligo de la Luna”.
Colibrí
El nacimiento del sol en el solsticio de invierno semeja un colibrí, pero además su patita izquierda apenas si puede despuntar del horizonte, huitzlampa es el lugar del Sur, por eso a este colibrí cojito se le conocía como Hutzilopochtli.
Según la leyenda es hijo de la Tierra, Coatlicue y para brotar debió lanzar del cielo a su hermana la Luna, Coyoxauhqui y a sus hermanos las 400 estrellas, los huitzinahuas, a pesar de su minúsculo tamaño el colibrí nació y al lazar sus rayos de fuego, Xiuhcoatl se apoderó del cielo, es esa la alegoría nahuatl del solsticio de invierno.Info: Marte Trejo.
Back view of the “Teocalli of Sacred Warfare” depicting an eagle perched on a nopal sprouting from the recumbent Chalchiuhtlicue. The eagle does not hold a snake as in later depictions, it is the glyph for war, atl-tlachinolli, the burning water. Together they represent the foundation of Tenochtitlan at the behest of Huitzilopochtli.
From Cronica Mexicayotl by Fernando Alvarado Tezozomoc (via Tecpaocelotl)
“O Quauhcoatl, you have seen all there is in among
the reeds,
In among the rushes,
You have beheld it.
But hear this:
There is something you still have not seen.
Go, go and look at the cactus,
And on it, standing on it, you shall see an eagle.
It is eating, it is warming itself in the sun,
And your heart will rejoice,
For it is the heart of Copil that you cast away
Where you halted in Tlalcocomoco.
There it fell, where you looked, at the edge of the spring,
Among the rushes, among the reeds.
And from Copil’s heart sprouted what is now called Tenochtli.
There we shall be, we shall keep guard,
We shall await, we shall meet the diverse peoples in battle.
With our bellies, with our heads,
With our arrows, with our shields,
We shall confront all who surround us
And we shall vanquish them all,
We shall make them captives,
And thus our city shall be established.
Mexico Tenochtitlan:
Where the Eagle Screeches
Where he spreads his wings,
Where the Eagle feeds,
Where the fish fly,
And where the Serpent hisses
Mexico Tenochtitlan!
And many things shall come to pass.”