Originally published as part of a 2024 feature, this piece revisits three local creators whose work draws on toys, '90s pop ...

"These faces, these portraits, look at us from the past. Their gaze transports us to the royal court of the ancient and ...

Chicago artists Alma Dominguez and Mario Mena depict the paths immigrants take to Chicago from Mexico and South America. Their work appears at the new home of the PODER immigrant integration center.

This god played a vital role in the Aztec creation myth and had he not been fooled by a fellow deity, humanity as we know it, would not exist. Pantheon Mythology. Mictlantecuhtli ...

The feathered serpent deity Quetzalcoatl stands as one of Mesoamerica’s most revered gods, symbolizing the marriage between earthly wisdom (serpent) and divine enlightenment (quetzal bird). The Aztec ...

The Aztec horoscope is deeply connected to cosmology and the tonalpohualli calendar, used by Mesoamerican peoples to understand destiny and the cycles of life. Each sign is represented by a sacred ...

The Aztec deity Xolotl was seen as the twin brother of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god linked with life and light. In many ways, Xolotl was Quetzalcoatl’s opposite. He was associated with ...

Excavations proved that the Pyramid of the Niches wasn’t a lone structure, but part of a greater settlement called El Tajín, after a pantheon of Totonac rain gods who, according to local legend ...

Whatever the case, Quetzalcoatl remains an iconic figure to many con­temporary Mexicans. ( The history of cocoa, which the Aztec believed was a physical manifestation of Quetzalcoatl. Queen of Sheba ...

It was an art that had had 3,000 years to grow, ... Christ became the altar ego of the god Quetzalcoatl, ... as if once again ripping the living hearts from Aztec human sacrifices, ...

Art depicts both Mayahuel's ancient form recorded in codices from the 16th century, and a modern-day interpretation dreamed up by one of the owners of the cantina. While they don't serve pulque ...

Aztec mythology often portrayed Tezcatlipoca as a rival to the creator god Quetzalcoatl, reflecting the opposing forces of creation and destruction. His role in warfare was complex, and he symbolised ...