Let's Give It Up For Hermaphroditus, The Original Intersex Icon

Let's give it up for Hermaphroditus, the original intersex icon

Why isn't he talked about more he should be talked about more

I love Aztec mythology because where else can this shit happen:

(Note that "you" doesn't really refer to a singular god, I'm using it as a replacement for the god's name in several situations)

-Your brother hits you out of the sky with a stone club because he was pissed off you destroyed humanity

-Your wife got seduced by Tezcatlipoca because he didn't want you being the sun

-You were just born and your mom goes "Woop haha your sister and like four hundred brothers are here to kill you"

-You're a fucking SNAKE that invented WRITING (no you don't have hands, don't ask about it)

Tag games are so surreal to me because it's basically like a giant piece of art so many people helped create and it can branch off and develop into something complicated but still whole

Tag games are a form of art, fight me on it.

The omniscient god trope is played out. I want an omnipotent god with absolutely no common sense or foresight. I mean just absurdly powerful, but cannot predict even a whisper of the consequences to their actions whatsoev— ohh whoops, hang on, that's just Zeus

Aztec Gods Incorrect Quotes 7

Xipe Totec, curiously: If we put Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca in a room, who do you think will come out crying first?

Huitzilopochtli, deadpan: The room.

Aztec Gods Incorrect Quotes 6

Tlaloc: You're just dating Xochiquetzal to fuck with me, aren't you?

Tezcatlipoca: Nah, I'm dating Xochiquetzal cause she's hot. Fucking with you is just a bonus.