Aztec Calender Aka The Sun Stone

 

 

I love all kinds of Aesthetics especially ancient arts. Sometimes i feel i should be in a destroyed city which existed thousands of years and has recently been found. Just digging up old beautiful crafted things..or mummies.lol

Aesthetics can be percieved in different ways to people. What i feel is beautiful might not be to you or intresting. Two years ago i would never have thought i was into art especially the so not called "modern" arts. I appreciate anything that people take time to make, Put thought, meaning, and importance to create.

Anyway I did a project on the Aztecs last semester and i was amazed. Because usually we only see "modern" paintings, carvings, figures, etc. And unfortunately some arts that are really facinating and intriguing are looked at as ugly or non modern.

The aztecs are precolumbian mesoamerican people of central mexico. Some say they dont exist anymore while some say there are few of them left. Whichever is true only fact is there are lots of Aztec arts found till this day from ruined ruines, and the remains of a city has actually been found too. Of all the crafts and carvings i have seen of the aztecs i loved the sun stone immediately i saw it because of not only the bright colors but also the little symbols and animals you will see if you look closely.

So the aztecs use this stone to measure days, months and years. There are so many animals and symbols on the stone that represent a lot of things. The aztecs actually see eagles, snakes and jaguars as the most important animals. Reason its called the sun stone is because if you look really closely at the stone there is a face in the middle. He is the sun god. He provides food and sunshine to the aztecs and according to the aztecs the world. They sacrifice slaves and prisoners on the stone and put the sacrifised persons heart on the face of the sun god. They believe if they dont feed and pray to the sun god he wont provide sunshine which is important in harvesting corn. Corn is a very important factor among the aztecs. They eat millet and make millet beer which comes from the corn.

I have to stop myself here because I can go on and on and this is not an essay..lol. Hope u enjoyed learning something new and if you will like to learn more about the aztecs and the aztec calender please visit

http://www.azteccalender.com/

Enjoy!