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  • Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
  • Coatlicue, c. 1500, Mexica (Aztec), found on the SE edge of the Plaza mayor/Zocalo in Mexico City, basalt, 257 cm high (National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City)
    A conversation with Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Steven Zucker
    . Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

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  • @hoz49
    @hoz49 7 років тому +7

    My wife and I just returned from touring Mexico. Oh how i wish we had seen these presentations before we left.

  • @BagoGarde
    @BagoGarde 9 років тому +49

    their narration seems very passionate

  • @shuminka5944
    @shuminka5944 2 роки тому +6

    Tonantzin is so metal. Such a beautiful monument. I learned the spanish used the virgin mary to replace Tanantzin ( they also did the same thing with many other gods) which aid the spanish to have more control over the people. Sad thing is this is not something that is taught in mexican schools.. kinda sad most people don't know the actual history and how important this monuments are.

    • @zapatasghost
      @zapatasghost 11 місяців тому +1

      😆"...so metal..." love it. I'm thinking that's why death metal is so popular in CDMX! Orale. Yes! The Church's propaganda runs very deep to the point of being literally neurotic. People believe that the fake wax statue of a 14 year old Cristero Martyr ("Saint" José Sánchez del Río) is his actual body - "miraculously" perfectly preserved. It's Catholic/Christian insanity. Most importantly is how Latinos are taught, in the good old Eurocentric/white supremacist way, to think of their identity as somehow completely separate from their own Indigenous ancestry. We seriously have people from New Mexico, in the states, proclaiming their "direct" descendence from Spanish conquistadores - over 500 years ago - so that they are "pure" European and NOT at all Mexicano or Indigenous. What??

    • @hottie286
      @hottie286 10 місяців тому

      this is not tonanztin. this coatlicue, a predecessor to her. tonanztin is only the light, motherly aspect represented in coatlicue.

  • @laura198816
    @laura198816 6 років тому +18

    @5:42 I highly doubt they re-buried this "because it was so terrifying". I think it's because the Spanish wanted to destroy the Aztec culture and religion as much as possible. If they were capable of violently destroying an entire civilization, were they really that terrified by a stone carving containing a snake's image?

    • @osocuernavaca
      @osocuernavaca 5 років тому +6

      hey buried her again because the natives of that time still had the memory alive and took offerings to the goddess coatlicue

    • @mexicamapping6587
      @mexicamapping6587 4 роки тому

      @@osocuernavaca even then they weren't really successful since in Mexico we now have la virgen de guadalupe wich is basically a Christian representation of Coatlicue

  • @carlosbenitez7166
    @carlosbenitez7166 4 роки тому +29

    It was buried again because she was recognized as a goddess by the many Aztecs that were left after the conquista. They would gather around it for countless hours and offerings started appearing close by. The Spanish didn't want none of that, Coatlicue had been replaced by the Virgin Mary.

    • @mestizo1521
      @mestizo1521 4 місяці тому

      Someone should make a video about why she was REALLY reburied. 😏

  • @OdaSwifteye
    @OdaSwifteye 9 років тому +12

    I was a little incredulous at first but now I see it clearly.
    Yes. That is a deeply unplesant statue. Reallly amazingly designed though and as horrifying as it is as a statue I would love to see it animated it would make my blood chill if done just right.

  • @ZechsMerquise73
    @ZechsMerquise73 9 років тому +20

    Fantastic presentation. The explanation of the head was very helpful, and I think I'll be more open-minded to interpreting statues like this in the future.

  • @FoxTrot10647
    @FoxTrot10647 5 місяців тому

    oh she is absolutely gorgeous, also fun fact: a rubber figure of coatlicue was made in the 'monster in my pocket' toyline, and its actually based upon this sculpture of her.

  • @marioalvarezvilla2464
    @marioalvarezvilla2464 3 роки тому +4

    Unlike in European religions mesoamericans saw snakes are wise fortune tellers.
    Rattlesnakes as well as other snakes warn you before they bite.

    • @Vea..
      @Vea.. 2 роки тому

      snakes were considered wise its the closest creature to the ground natives consider it the closest creature to mother earth that's why its in the statue

  • @sabujjana
    @sabujjana 9 років тому +23

    I am a novice in this subject, however I just thought that it may interest the researchers. There is a striking resemblance of this sculpture with "Chinna Masta" an avatar of goddess Kali of the Hindu Religion.
    You may search Google and find out more. Chinna Masta means the beheaded one. Temple of this deity is found only in one temple at "Rajarappa" Jharkhand India.
    This is very bizzare.

    • @MsSandhu9
      @MsSandhu9 9 років тому +2

      I was about to point this out myself. Yes, there are amazing similarities.

  • @RockyTrifari
    @RockyTrifari 9 років тому +6

    When I look at the sculpture, I feel no fear whatsoever. It was seriously reburied?

    • @LeonardoValle
      @LeonardoValle 9 років тому +5

      Rocky Trifari yes. It was reburied over 200 years ago by the church because some people used to light candles to her. Today is exposed in a museum.

    • @abriljohnsonnieves4632
      @abriljohnsonnieves4632 4 роки тому +5

      4 times. Mostly because church didn't want the "indians" come to offer cult to her. They were sneaking at nights to offer her their devotion, which was against their religious and political convenience. Coatlicue was the mother of life and dead, mother nature. Then she became Tonantzin and after Tonantzin they turned her into María Guadalupe which now is a huge and powerful image for latin american culture but mostly for mexicans.

  • @plaidpuma
    @plaidpuma 4 роки тому +1

    this was nice, relaxing. loved it

  • @Tsumami__
    @Tsumami__ 3 роки тому +1

    She reminds me of Kali Maa, who wears a skirt of demon heads

  • @muchless
    @muchless 8 років тому +5

    Thank you so much for this course, Khan Academy. Thank you.

  • @lewhensilvar3521
    @lewhensilvar3521 9 років тому +4

    This video has so many views compared to the other ones was it linked somewhere?

  • @ubtoo05
    @ubtoo05 7 років тому +3

    wonderful!!! even really great with breaking down parts with being descriptive. I wish with others fears or other reason, wouldn't break or destroy and ruin history due to their belief. others of culture and even others not, but with historical/art minds would love or many thrive for these. terrible that destructive ways are in too many.

  • @somiemyhomie71
    @somiemyhomie71 9 років тому +5

    Wow. That is incredibly interesting.

  • @Sasha0927
    @Sasha0927 11 місяців тому

    😳Whooooooa. Check her out...
    What it must've been like for the Aztecs to see what they believed was the axis mundi toppled by the Spanish invasion.
    What a strong message her attire sent, but good Lord, the details of what I believed to be her head... Her design was one shock after another, lol.
    "Nah, put that thing back in the ground." 😂 I don't blame them!
    Yes, killing 84k people daily does seem "logistically challenging." 😂
    What in the world... lol. This playlist is gonna be a good time.

  • @MrTonyg039
    @MrTonyg039 8 років тому +4

    thanks ! love the way how you explain it !!

  • @STAXONDECK1
    @STAXONDECK1 8 років тому +3

    Dope

  • @darkdragonslayer124
    @darkdragonslayer124 9 років тому +1

    Nice Pick for Valentine's day! I approve!

  • @TeeRod214
    @TeeRod214 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the knowledge

  • @olgabogdan_author
    @olgabogdan_author 3 роки тому +1

    Splendidly detailed, thank you very much.

    • @Vea..
      @Vea.. 2 роки тому

      dont believe in this Eurocentric bullshit

  • @Parmar-r5m
    @Parmar-r5m 6 років тому +1

    good job

  • @3589546
    @3589546 Рік тому

  • @acidfvngz
    @acidfvngz 2 роки тому

    0:26 i thought coyolxuahqui was his mother-

    • @Vea..
      @Vea.. 2 роки тому

      dont believe this shit its not being represented as how natives view it

  • @chancewatkins5071
    @chancewatkins5071 9 років тому

    Very interesting, thanks for the vid. I've subscribed; Jesus Christ Bless you! :)

  • @Ck-zk3we
    @Ck-zk3we 3 роки тому +1

    I got a cobra snake for a necktie
    A brand new house on the road side, and it's a-made out of rattlesnake hide
    Got a brand new chimney put on top, and it's a-made outta human skull
    Come on take a little walk with me baby, and tell me who do you love?

  • @walkingwithAbraham
    @walkingwithAbraham 3 роки тому

    Absolutely spectacular presentation

    • @Vea..
      @Vea.. 2 роки тому

      this is a Eurocentric perspective dont believe this shit

  • @bubblesthemonkey6615
    @bubblesthemonkey6615 2 роки тому

    So metal

  • @samsheppard8265
    @samsheppard8265 9 місяців тому

    Karnak

    • @smarthistory-art-history
      @smarthistory-art-history  9 місяців тому +1

      You can find our essay on Karnak here: smarthistory.org/temple-of-amun-re-and-the-hypostyle-hall-karnak/

  • @Gustavo-et5tf
    @Gustavo-et5tf 3 роки тому

    👍

  • @vietotu3937
    @vietotu3937 4 роки тому

    Wow!!!

  • @royshirkey9048
    @royshirkey9048 6 років тому

    whats on top

    • @smarthistory-art-history
      @smarthistory-art-history  6 років тому +1

      We discuss the top in the video, two serpents facing each other.

    • @Vea..
      @Vea.. 2 роки тому

      don't believe this Eurocentric bullshit

  • @asiyawhaa1169
    @asiyawhaa1169 2 роки тому

    😝🔥🔥🔥🔥🐍👁️✌🏾👽

  • @fortunatomartino8549
    @fortunatomartino8549 5 років тому +2

    Coatlique is one of the Titans in the new Godzilla movie 2019

    • @aim7910
      @aim7910 4 роки тому

      Bruh, cuatlicue isn't supposed to be menacing, she is practically mother nature for the Aztecs. Xdd, you just called mother nature Godzilla, W H E E Z E