Hidalgo

Our mission is to show the Otomi culture.

A culture native to Hidalgo, Mexico, where Tanya was born.

This kind of embroidery was born in the 1960s.

The style is called Tenango based on the town where it was created.

55 Mesoamerican underworld scenes found in Hidalgo, Mexico archaeologist Alfonso Torres Rodríguez has revealed a recurring encounter with the Lord of the Underworld appearing at least 55 times in Hidalgo rock art in the region north of Mexico City.

Spread across 25 sites and mostly dated between 350 to 750 AD, the scenes demonstrate how ancient communities imagined death as a meeting between people, ancestors, and supernatural powers.

The same story might still find resonance during healing rituals around the present-day Otomi shamans.

This type of pattern has been observed in Huapalcalco, Chuingo, Donny, San Miguel de las Piedras, and other sites in the state.

Torres Rodriguez identified four types of setups, one visitor meeting one being, one visitor meeting two beings, two visitors meeting one being, and two confronting two.

According to Ancient Origins' Xolotl article, the dog and the twin figures hold significant positions in the later Aztec mythology regarding the journey through the underworld, although the images from Hidalgo should not be identified with just one, specific Aztec god.

Rock art motifs from between 350-750 AD associated with the Hidalgo research.

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