Indigenous Decipherments - the ancient "Visual Language"
Nov 11, 2021 14:13:41 GMT -5
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Post by racultee on Nov 11, 2021 14:13:41 GMT -5
Through Ancient Eyes ~ Hello out there, my name is Roger Cultee an enrolled member of the Quinault Nation a NW Coast tribe in Washington State. My NW Coast people's artwork is all about "bi-lateral symmetry" like my avatar to the left and this is what made it "easier" for me to see the images in our ancient Indigenous art. (example is my peoples Totem Pole Art). First of all I do not claim to be a "Shaman" or even a "Medicine Man", I consider myself to be an Indigenous "Researcher" and "Scientist" who is researching and preserving this ancient visual language and knowledge for my peoples survival way past the the 21st Century. I formed an organization with Colleen Gorman (Navajo Nation) called the "Indigenous Research Center" for the "very' purpose of researching and preserving this "ancient science and art" for our future generations.
What do I mean by art ? I don't mean the "artifact" that is being seen in todays museums, but the "art" that is really contained within the artifact. Like this example here from Ollantaytambo, I personally like the GIANT rattlesnake heads eating both sides of the wall and from the rattlesnake venom coming down the wall are two large Bearded figures in profile on both sides of the wall ! (Viracocha). Also there is a serpent that is "kicking back" that has come out of the wall at the very bottom. Not to sure, but the serpent seems to be surrounded by a crowd of people. I'd like to congratulate George Haas for including us Indigenous people here and for figuring out this ancient deciphering technique "separately" from us. Thank you for sharing your Ollantaytambo decipherment with us, which tells me that this time the ancient science and art won't ever get lost AGAIN ! Viracocha in the upper center as an Angel and a serpent, and his profile in the rattlesnake venom on both walls. Enjoy.
MESSAGE FROM ANCESTORS
May The Blood Within Our Veins
Rise Within You ~ With The Ancient Sacred Fire ~ Blazing Flowing~ Our Sacred Ancient Healing Medicine of old. The Good Medicine ~ Through all Humanity ~ Great Spirit Guiding. Honor This. Respect This. And Rise Warriors. Only Through Love & Peace & Forgiveness ~ Will all Our Nations Live Again ~ The Ways Of Old~ Stand & Remember Our Sacred agreements ~ Before Man made society, RISE ~ The Time Is Upon Us ~ We Hold Council With all~
Star Nation's......
Every Ancestor Ever Lived. In peace Unity. No separation. You are The One's we Dreamed of ~ Honor & Respect and Follow The Seven Sacred Grandfather Teachings..... By Doing So ~ Only Then Do You Honor Us ~ Make Peace ~ With all Nation's ~Tribe's~ Communities~ Your Neighbor and ~Enemy, By Doing So You RISE ~~~ Above Man Made Society... Through Humility. Is Strength ~ Then you will Be One Sacred Nation. To Walk The Red Road~ Is, How We Will Return to the Ways Of Old~ Wiser Then we were Before. The Only Way ~ Hear Our Ancient Voice Whispering In All Four Corners~ Take Heed ~ as You Walk Each & Every Breath & Step in Prayer ~ We are Beside You.
Guiding Protecting Healing Listening ~ Calling
Listening Whispering ~♡
You are what we Dreamed~~~~♡
Do you Hear Our Call ~
Ancestors ~
Angella Piercy
♡~ Sparrow White Elk Raven ~♡
The Tohono O'odham Creation Story
In the Tonoho O'odham creation story, the reproductive powers of the universe give birth to the Papagueria and the world thanks to I'itoi, the god who lives in Waw kiwalik, or Baboquivari Peak. This version is a close adaptation of one Bernard L. Fontana recorded in his book Of Earth and Little Rain.
Long ago, they say, when the earth was not yet finished, darkness lay upon the water and they rubbed each other. The sound they made was like the sound at the edge of a pond.
There, on the water, in the darkness, in the noise, and in a very strong wind, a child was born. One day he got up and found something stuck to him. It was algae. So he took some of the algae and from it made the termites. The termites gathered a lot of algae and First Born tried to decide how to make a seat so the wind could not blow it anywhere. This is the song he sang:
Earth Medicine Man finished the earth.
Come near and see it and do something to it.
He made it round.
Come near and see it and do something to it.
In this way, First Born finished the earth. Then he made all animal life and plant life.
There was neither sun nor moon then, and it was always dark. The living things didn't like the darkness, so they got together and told First Born to make something so that the earth would have light. Then the people would be able to see each other and live contentedly with each other.
So First Born said, "All right. You name what will come up in the sky to give you light."
They discussed it thoroughly and finally agreed that it would be named "sun".
Next First Born made the moon and stars, and the paths that they always follow. He said, "There will be plenty of prickly pears and the people will always be happy."
That's the way First Born prepared the earth for us. Then he went away.
Then the sky came down and met the earth, and the first one to come forth was I'itoi, our Elder Brother.
The sky met the earth again, and Coyote came forth.
The sky met the earth again, and Buzzard came forth.
Elder Brother, Earth Magician, and Coyote began their work of creation, each creating things different from the other. Elder Brother created people out of clay and gave then the "crimson evening," which is regarded by the Tohono O'odham as one of the most beautiful sights in the region. The sunset light is reflected on the mountains with a peculiar radiance.
Elder Brother told the Tohono O'odham to remain where they were in that land which is the center of all things.
And there the desert people have always lived. They are living there this very day. And from his home among the towering cliffs and crags of Baboquivari, the lonely, cloud-veiled peak, their Elder Brother, I'itoi, spirit of goodness, who must dwell in the center of all things, watches over them.
Taken from Named in Stone and Sky, An Arizona Anthology edited by Gregory McNamee, University of Arizona Press.
© 1993 Gregory McNamee
What do I mean by art ? I don't mean the "artifact" that is being seen in todays museums, but the "art" that is really contained within the artifact. Like this example here from Ollantaytambo, I personally like the GIANT rattlesnake heads eating both sides of the wall and from the rattlesnake venom coming down the wall are two large Bearded figures in profile on both sides of the wall ! (Viracocha). Also there is a serpent that is "kicking back" that has come out of the wall at the very bottom. Not to sure, but the serpent seems to be surrounded by a crowd of people. I'd like to congratulate George Haas for including us Indigenous people here and for figuring out this ancient deciphering technique "separately" from us. Thank you for sharing your Ollantaytambo decipherment with us, which tells me that this time the ancient science and art won't ever get lost AGAIN ! Viracocha in the upper center as an Angel and a serpent, and his profile in the rattlesnake venom on both walls. Enjoy.
MESSAGE FROM ANCESTORS
May The Blood Within Our Veins
Rise Within You ~ With The Ancient Sacred Fire ~ Blazing Flowing~ Our Sacred Ancient Healing Medicine of old. The Good Medicine ~ Through all Humanity ~ Great Spirit Guiding. Honor This. Respect This. And Rise Warriors. Only Through Love & Peace & Forgiveness ~ Will all Our Nations Live Again ~ The Ways Of Old~ Stand & Remember Our Sacred agreements ~ Before Man made society, RISE ~ The Time Is Upon Us ~ We Hold Council With all~
Star Nation's......
Every Ancestor Ever Lived. In peace Unity. No separation. You are The One's we Dreamed of ~ Honor & Respect and Follow The Seven Sacred Grandfather Teachings..... By Doing So ~ Only Then Do You Honor Us ~ Make Peace ~ With all Nation's ~Tribe's~ Communities~ Your Neighbor and ~Enemy, By Doing So You RISE ~~~ Above Man Made Society... Through Humility. Is Strength ~ Then you will Be One Sacred Nation. To Walk The Red Road~ Is, How We Will Return to the Ways Of Old~ Wiser Then we were Before. The Only Way ~ Hear Our Ancient Voice Whispering In All Four Corners~ Take Heed ~ as You Walk Each & Every Breath & Step in Prayer ~ We are Beside You.
Guiding Protecting Healing Listening ~ Calling
Listening Whispering ~♡
You are what we Dreamed~~~~♡
Do you Hear Our Call ~
Ancestors ~
Angella Piercy
♡~ Sparrow White Elk Raven ~♡
The Tohono O'odham Creation Story
In the Tonoho O'odham creation story, the reproductive powers of the universe give birth to the Papagueria and the world thanks to I'itoi, the god who lives in Waw kiwalik, or Baboquivari Peak. This version is a close adaptation of one Bernard L. Fontana recorded in his book Of Earth and Little Rain.
Long ago, they say, when the earth was not yet finished, darkness lay upon the water and they rubbed each other. The sound they made was like the sound at the edge of a pond.
There, on the water, in the darkness, in the noise, and in a very strong wind, a child was born. One day he got up and found something stuck to him. It was algae. So he took some of the algae and from it made the termites. The termites gathered a lot of algae and First Born tried to decide how to make a seat so the wind could not blow it anywhere. This is the song he sang:
Earth Medicine Man finished the earth.
Come near and see it and do something to it.
He made it round.
Come near and see it and do something to it.
In this way, First Born finished the earth. Then he made all animal life and plant life.
There was neither sun nor moon then, and it was always dark. The living things didn't like the darkness, so they got together and told First Born to make something so that the earth would have light. Then the people would be able to see each other and live contentedly with each other.
So First Born said, "All right. You name what will come up in the sky to give you light."
They discussed it thoroughly and finally agreed that it would be named "sun".
Next First Born made the moon and stars, and the paths that they always follow. He said, "There will be plenty of prickly pears and the people will always be happy."
That's the way First Born prepared the earth for us. Then he went away.
Then the sky came down and met the earth, and the first one to come forth was I'itoi, our Elder Brother.
The sky met the earth again, and Coyote came forth.
The sky met the earth again, and Buzzard came forth.
Elder Brother, Earth Magician, and Coyote began their work of creation, each creating things different from the other. Elder Brother created people out of clay and gave then the "crimson evening," which is regarded by the Tohono O'odham as one of the most beautiful sights in the region. The sunset light is reflected on the mountains with a peculiar radiance.
Elder Brother told the Tohono O'odham to remain where they were in that land which is the center of all things.
And there the desert people have always lived. They are living there this very day. And from his home among the towering cliffs and crags of Baboquivari, the lonely, cloud-veiled peak, their Elder Brother, I'itoi, spirit of goodness, who must dwell in the center of all things, watches over them.
Taken from Named in Stone and Sky, An Arizona Anthology edited by Gregory McNamee, University of Arizona Press.
© 1993 Gregory McNamee