Aztec animal tattoos, tribal type tattoos of Jaguars and Eagles and other Mesoamerican animals
By Austinstar
The Aztec Ocelot or Jaguar
The Aztec animal world for skin art
The Ocelot or Jaguar of the Aztecs
The Fourteenth Aztec day god is an Ocelot or a Jaguar. This cat was very mystical to the Mesoamerican tribes. Its fur pelt was used to cover the thrones of priests and high officials of the tribal rulers. These guys also draped themselves in the skin of the ocelot.
The Aztec sometimes described the night sky as a very large jaguar coat, spotted with stars. Even the Nahuatl name for the ocelot is the same as the Nahuatl name for shaman priests. They are called Ix (pronounced Eesh).
A Jaguar tattoo would be a very powerful tat to have as this animal is the most venerated of the native American and Mesoamerican tribes.
The Lizard
Red and Blue are the colors of the Aztec Lizard
The lizard is not to be confuse with the serpent of the Aztecs, Quetzalcoatl. The lizard stands alone as a qualified day God of the Aztec Cosmos. Red and Blue are the chosen colors for this animal. He does tend to blend into the background a bit, but doesn't it seem as if he knows all and sees all?
Lizards make great tattoos! They can slither around an ankle or crawl on your shoulder. They should be bright and lively looking, don't you think?
Here's a lizard playing ball!
Deer, Rabbit, Dog, Monkey, and Eagles
Some of the other day gods of the Aztec Cosmos (the Sun Stone) were deer, rabbit, dog, monkey and eagle. Here are a few of those designs. These designs are from the Sun Stone itself and a magical little booklet traced and collected by Thomas J Filsinger.
Deer, rabbit, dog, monkey, and eagle illustrations
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Comments - Send me a photo of your Aztec tattoos! Or just let me know about them.
Thank you Holle. Do you have tattoos? I don't either, LOL.
nice designs......thx 4 share
If you get one done, send me the photo! Thanks for the comments.
Very good hub! Its nice to see another writer on here who is also familiar with the Nahuatl dialect! By the way, My brother had several Aztec tattoos on his stomach. Very interesting designs I have to say.
Thank you for this Hub. I live in Central America and have alot of Mayan tatt design requests. I really love the rabbit, since I have a house bunny. take care.
awesome...
Did the Aztecs ever have wolf tattoos
I've never seen one! They did have dog designs, but they were usually small dogs. However I will look around. The big animal for Aztecs was the Jaguar.
habee 2 years ago
Cool hub, Austin!