TEZCATLIPOCA-Smoking Mirror (Anawak Brass)

Juan Carlos Malváez original composition : 6/2 Intro Eb Major-D minor. Based on a work of G F Handel " Sarabande" from the piano suite XI. Logic Studio Pro, Mixed in a Yamaha O2R at SAE Brisbane.

In Nahuatl mythology, Tezcatlipoca (tes-cat-lee-poh-ka) or "smoking mirror" was the god of the night, the north, temptation, sorcery, beauty and war. He was known by other descriptive names, such as Titlacauan (We His Slaves), Ipalnemoani (He by whom we live), Necocyaotl (Sower of Discord on Both Sides) and Tloque Nahuaque (Lord of the Near and Nigh) and Yohualli Eecatl (Night, Wind). When depicted he was usually drawn with a black stripe painted across his face, and is usually shown with his right foot replaced with a mirror made of obsidian or hematite.

Sometimes the mirror was shown on his chest. He would carry four arrows in his right hand to punish the sins of man with. His hair was black and in the style of a warrior, as well as carrying a shield and weapon. He wore twenty gold bells on his ankles, and on his right foot he wore a deer hoof, representing his swiftness and agility. He appears on the first page of the Codex Borgia carrying the 20 day signs of the calendar; in the Codex Cospi he is shown as a spirit of darkness, as well as in the Codex Laud and the Dresden Codex.

According to the Aztecs, he was also the god of discord and deceit as well as the god of robbers, but he was also the god of rulers, warriors and sorcery. He was associated with the notion of destiny or fate and with the jaguar, and was known for inciting wars between peoples.

He owned a mirror (Itlachiayaque - "Place From Which He Watches") that gave off smoke, killing his enemies; he saw everything and he punished wrong doers with illness and poverty, and rewarded good people with wealth and fame. He was the antithesis, rival, and eventually the twin of Quetzalcoatl. It was thought then when a baby was conceived, it was placed there by Tezcatlipoca to decided it¹s fate; the day you were born on prophesised the success or failure in your future. How the child looked was also attributed to the whim of Tezcatlipoca. It was thought that he would appear at night as a shrouded corpse, a bundle of ashes or a headless man with his chest and stomach slit open, and anyone who was brave enough to rip out his heart could demand a reward for returning it.

Attributes of both Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl originally came from pre-Aztec traditions of the Olmecs and the Toltecs. The Aztecs assimilated them in their religion, and the two deities were equated and considered twin gods.

They were both equal and opposed. Thus Tezcatlipoca was called "Black Tezcatlipoca", and Quetzalcoatl "White Tezcatlipoca". Mixcoatl was sometimes added to this complex as "Red Tezcatlipoca." Omacatl, Titlacahuan and Tezcatlanextia were also considered aspects of Tezcatlipoca; the four Tezcatlipocas were the sons of Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl, lord and lady of the duality, and were the creators of all the other gods, as well as the world and man.

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[TheReasonUK]

Satan is the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl, what this videos says is untrue! He may have been good originally but he is no longer since he has fallen....it is the Smoking Mirror God who is and was the bringer of light....Human sacraficing was the feathered serpents idea NOT THE SMOKING MIRROR GODS! This Video may bring many deaths to many people due to the untruths it states!

[juancarlosmalvaez]

@TheReasonUK

I would not imagine that this video could create such an intense interchange of comments. Its great but there is something that I want to let you know. You wont be able to deliver your message talking about "Vanished Worlds" Mixing western concepts as good or evil, day or night, God or Devil.

This are only universal archetypes. Trying to associate prehispanic cosmogony with jewish-christian concepts its a complete waste of time. No one is better than the other. Both....

[juancarlosmalvaez]

.....Both are obsolete. What I would like you to do is to listen to the " Music" of this video. Thanks for your time

[LinguistTroubadour]

Tezcatlipoca is the Dark Sun. He is the impersonification of sacred ironies, balance of two breaths, life and death. Another name for him is Abraxas.

I too believe it is he who we should... "follow," though not worship in the orthodox sense. He is a new science and consciousness, distinguished from that of Quetzalcoatl, who I frankly believe is evil, but again not in the orthodox sense. He demands worship and fabricates misconceptions in the name of holy. This is difficult to explain here...

[SinisterAngel1]

@vaibanez17 Some "myths" are real.

[vaibanez17]

We can't compare Christian theology to Aztec theology. It's not possible. Catholics tried to convert Aztecs by claiming they worshiped the same Gods & make their religion sound like Christianity but it's just not so. Tezcatlipoca "won" over Quetzalcoatl if you read the stories written by the Aztecs. He decieved Quetzalcoatl into sleeping with his own sister and won the battle. Tezcatlipoca is awesome but it is just a myth. I do find it interesting that both China & Aztecs had dragon gods.

[TheReasonUK]

@MooPotPie No, I was considered one of the Nine Figures of the Creation of the World,

[MooPotPie]

@TheReasonUK Were you a Conquistador for Halloween by any chance?

[InfernityZ3r0]

anyone else feels like lauching an energy based attack with this theme??

[LinguistTroubadour]

..but what UK said is partly true. I know this sounds mad, misleading, or even downright stupid. But I'm not trying to convince or put in fear to anyone, unlike UK. I believe it's futile to do so and even somewhat dangerous. I mean simply, the legends of Quetzal and Tezca is not indigenous. The fight between Titans and Olympians, Giants and Norse, Rishis and Ahuras/Devas, etc. The ancient war between the dark light and white light goes on.

[Nikanawakatlcanadian]

quetzalcoatl does not mean "feathered serpent", it is not some kind of dragon or devil, quetzal(li) means Beautiful and coatl means snake, but it is also a greeting given to someone who is a close friend it has the connotation of "twin". so what we are saying is "beautiful Twin", Tezcatlipoca is the reflection shrouded in mist

[TheReasonUK]

ALL AZTEC PROPHESIES CAME TRUE BECAUSE THEY WERE FORETOLD BY GOD-THE CREATOR OF WHAT IS TO COME, SO JUST BECAUSE THE SPANISH CHRISTIAN ARMY ORDERED BY QUETZALCOATL AKA JESUS CHRIST DESTROYED OTHER INFORMATION & HISTORY THIS WILL NOT STOP WHAT GOD-THE CREATOR HAS FORETOLD FROM HAPPENING….QUETZALCOATL AKA JESUS CHRIST WANTED TO KEEP THE TRUTH FROM THE MASSES, BUT HE CANNOT CHANGE WHAT HAS BEEN FORETOLD BY GOD-THE CREATOR OUR MAKER!!!!....CON'T