LAST ENTRY —UNKNOWN date and time
We found a note on our door – “En estos altares ofrecemos un sacrafice.” (On these altars, we offer a sacrifice).
(Art’s Notes)
Mictlan
The Underworld of the Ancient Aztecs, ruled by husband and wife Mictlantecuhtli ("Lord of the Underworld") and Mictecacihuatl (“Lady of the Underworld”). Worship rituals included cannibalism
A CRUDE DRAWING OF A CIRCULAR AZTEC CALENDAR —there are lines marked indicating a specific time frame.
(scribbled underneath)
“day six of the blood.”
Mictlantecuhtli
The “Lord of the Underworld” was often depicted as a blood-spattered skeleton to which the skull sockets contained actual eyeballs. His elaborate headdress was decorated with owl feathers and wore a necklace of human eyeballs in accompaniment. As ruler of the unde
