Tlalli (Nahuatl pronunciation ⓘ; Nahuatl languages: land) [a] was a proposed sculpture of a large indigenous woman's head by contemporary artist Pedro Reyes. It was proposed to replace the Monument to Christopher Columbus along Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma.

Nov 29, 2022 · The monolith was identified as Tlaloc in 1903, and locals soon began venerating it as a symbol of the deity. The locals referred to this monolith as Piedra de los Tecomates, named after its gourd-like crevices.

Aug 30, 2021 · Referred to as tlal-ollin or nahui-ollin in the Indigenous Nahuatl language, earthquakes are represented in Aztec pictograms by two symbols: ollin (movement) and tlalli (Earth).

This element for land (tlalli) has been carved from the compound glyph for the place name Tlalatlauhco. It is a horizontal rectangle, colored purple, with rows of black dots along the top and bottom.

Sep 7, 2021 · In codices written by pre-Hispanic civilizations who spoke Nahuatl, such as the Aztecs, the combination of two symbols represents an earthquake, or tlalollin. One pictograph (left) shows four...

This element for an agricultural parcel (tlalli) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tlacotlalpan. It is a half circle, which would not likely have been the shape of the parcel.

She is also called Tlalli Iyollo, [c] meaning "heart of the earth". Although considered to be an aged deity, Toci is not always shown with specific markers of great age. Toci is frequently depicted with black markings around the mouth and nose, wearing a headdress with cotton spools (Miller and Taube 1993, p. 170).

Dec 11, 2022 · The feathers in the copilli, the ceremonial headdress worn by the dancers, will draw down the energy of the cosmos into Mother Earth, our beautiful Tonantzin Tlalli Coatlicue, to help her heal from the many ways she is dishonored.

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlalli (“Soil”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a bird’s eye view of a group of approximately three dozen small dots, presumably suggesting soil (tlalli).

The Ollin symbol is found as the predominant patter or structure of the image as well as serving as the symbol of the eagle with the talons in the side, its wings as a butterfly and the beak upwards towards the zenith and it’s tail feathers at the bottom.