Tree in the Door's Fauna and Flora: OTI:notes:6/10/19

Open To Interpretation

Of Course

Notes: Game on...on the radio...Dodgers and Angels...Dodgers 3-1...Warrirors 106 Raptors 105!...bottom of sixth...Lucroy up...two on...K...to top of seventh...

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Image result for stepped fret nose ring codex

FIGURE 15. Female-specific styles of jewelry: step-fret nose ornament (Codex Nuttall, page 30).

http://www.mesolore.org/tutorials/learn/14/The-udzavui-Body/149/Costume-and-Gender-

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well, pondering the small rectangle in the bottom center of the step motif/crowstep, and then seeing this nose ring, and where a notch would be to attach to the nose being right where that small rectangle is, I stepped to the thought that the Toltec Warriors' butterfly pectorals, which too have a kind of small rectangle in the top middle, might be, a reach!, stylized nose rings too...and add to that the Lord Sipan's fan headdress has a small rectangle, and Moche nose rings are found in the fan's shape, maybe, maybe I'm on to something!...anyway, I've been perusing nose rings...I cant find many mesoamercan ones, actual ones...but enough are depicted in paintings and figurines to make them suspect, of something!...oh!...I bought Dover's Nuttall Codex...on amazon kindle, ten bucks...Kindle is nice...maybe I can find other Kindle books within my budget!...I don't know if that step motif nose ring is specific to that female figure, but occasionally in the codex, she, or a lookalike, appears with the ring...mesolore has good pages...Lastella up...one out, one runner on, bottom of seventh...K...Trout up...why are they benching Fletcher?...Tovar at short, and Upton is coming back, and Simmons soon to come back...and, I dunno...Fletch has earned to start...bench the big money players until they earn to start!...Trout up...Lucroy is like 2 for 34...Troutahere!...two rbi home run for Trout...Angels 3-3...Pujols up...oh, and Ohtani not in the lineup...hmmph...ground out...to the top of the eighth...

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“Las Mariposas entre los Antiguos Mexicanos,” Butterflies of Ancient Mexico, is one of the few books dealing almost exclusively with cultural entomology. It was published in Spanish by Dr. Carlos Beutelspacher in 1988. This 103 page book was reviewed by Dr. Hogue in the Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 44(2). 1990, 102-103. Hogue stated, “it brings together, in an aesthetic way, a collection of images and information, demonstrating and documenting the multifarious ways that butterflies and moths were woven into ancient Mexican Cultures. These range from transient and simple uses of the lepidopteran form for adornment of pottery and in featherwork, to deeply religious symbolism hewn in stone.”
Las Mariposas entre los Antiguos Mexicanos book

Las Mariposas entre los Antiguos Mexicanos book

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The exquisite beauty of butterflies, the flowers they feed on, and the poetry-in-motion of flight were all closely observed by the ancient Mexican cultures of the Teotihuacans, Mixtecs and, more recently, the Cholultecs and Aztecs. Butterflies represented fire, soul, death, warriors, travelers and hummingbirds.

https://www.insects.orkin.com/ced/issue-4/butterflies-of-ancient-mexico/

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I gotta wonder if the ancients wore butterflies, and as nose rings...a whimsy!...

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In Aztec religion, Ītzpāpālōtl [iːt͡spaːˈpaːlot͡ɬ] ("Obsidian Butterfly") was a striking skeletal warrior goddess who ruled over the paradise world of Tamoanchan, the paradise of victims of infant mortality and the place identified as where humans were created.^[2] She is the mother of Mixcoatl and is particularly associated with the moth Rothschildia orizaba from the family Saturniidae. Some of her associations are birds and fire.^[3] However, she primarily appears in the form of the Obsidian Butterfly.^[4]

Rothschildia orizaba, the moth genus and species with which the Itzpapalotl goddess is associated

The deity is shown brandishing a severed leg, thought to be a symbol of battle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%AAtzp%C4%81p%C4%81l%C5%8Dtl

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Dodgers make out leaving runners on...to bottom of eighth...is that the female figure in Fig. 15 above?...she's holding a leg, but it has claws...I dunno...I have in my photo lore, pic of that moth, found on floor alive in redwood coast bathroom...rescued to outside with hope it would survive...Ohtani pinch hit for Smith...ok, Ohtani had an 0 for 5 night last night, but still, that not a benchable offense!...he wont see pitch over the plate...four pitch W...Calhoun is up...he's 2for2 on the night, with home run...Calhoun wakes up, then goes to sleep for long stretches at the plate...eek...K...oh, Fletch said to have sore shoulder...Goodwin pinch hits for Smith...Smith is Angels catcher tonight, so Fletch may have to catch...only infielder left on bench...pick off throw messed up, and Ohtani reaches second...Goodwin given an intentional walk...and, Lucroy up...passed ball...runners move up...Angels haven't touched the ball with their bats!...Dodger pitch wild...another passed ball but the ball bounced back from the wall...W...bases loaded...now Dodgers can get DP...a caution!...on Ītzpāpālōtl chest is the butterfly pectoral, or something...I've gone on about it before..Quitzalcoatl has it too, I think...oh, wait...it's the jewel pectoral...stylized conch shell section...but, it looks butterly too!

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Replica Pectoral Ornament, c. 1200-1519 - Mixtec or Aztec style - Quetzalcoatl
"This extraordinary pendant consists of a conch shell section carved in jade, enclosed in a delicate gold frame with tiny dangling bells. This symbol was worn by the deity Quetzalcoatl (Feathered Serpent) a culture hero credited in one myth with creating human life by sprinkling his blood on ground bones. The pectoral may have been worn by a priest, or by a ceremonial impersonator of Quetzalcoatl."

See the original object please visit:http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1983.190?
https://www.etsy.com/hk-en/listing/557326206/replica-pectoral-ornamentc-1200-1519

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Tovar up...bouncer in the infield misplayed...Ohtani scores...appealed...safe!
...Angels 4-3...Ohtani unhinged the Dodgers!...and the conch is one those things thought to be the stepped fret...another wild pitch...Goodwin scores!...Angels 5-3...still the top of the ninth to go...game's not over...

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Mixtec?

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1983.190

Regnifo K...Lastella K...Angels struck out three times, and, scored two runs, with two left on...lol...

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Butterfly Aztec Symbol

In ancient Mexico the butterfly (in Aztec papalotl, suggestive of the Latin papilio) was one of the attributes of Xochipilli, the god of vegetation, but also symbolized flickering firelight and was associated with the Sun. The Aztecs believed that the last breath of a dying person took the form of a butterfly. As the lifecycle of the butterfly (egg, larva, pupa and imago (adult) can be clearly observed, the Aztecs, therefore, gave this insect symbolic meaning of transformation.
Itzpapalotl (‘Obsidian Butterfly’ or ‘Clawed Butterfly’), a butterfly goddess surrounded by stone knives (so-called 'itzli'), was a symbol of the souls of women who had died in childbirth. The souls of enemy warriors killed on the battlefield were like butterflies fluttering among flowers. The insect’s fluttering of wings (like the flickering of a flame) was linked to fire and the sun.

http://www.ancientpages.com/2018/03/20/10-aztec-symbols-explained/

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some intuitive observing in that caption!...I dunno...

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Aztec warriors, after death, were believed to be able to return to earth to lead comfortable lives as butterflies or hummingbirds.
In the Codex Borgia, the Aztec goddess of flowers, Xochiquetzal (root, xochitl, flowers, and quetzalli, quetzal bird or feather) is represented with two butterfly motifs, among others. Mexicolore author and director, Ian Mursell, has developed a brief exercise where students study the depiction of this goddess and try to identify her attributes. He also provides an answer key that points to these elements.

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Of course, the interpretation of mural motifs, according to J. Q. Jacobs, is a controversial practice (which is really true about interpreting symbolism in pottery and manuscripts, too), and one must be cautious about drawing firm conclusions. One can experiment with this practice of interpretation (“iconography”) and explain the potential pitfalls with students, of course.