Which god is this?

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Which god is this?

Post by Animavore » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:34 pm

A friend of mine got this off one of the vendors selling trinkets beside the Mayan temples. Unfortunately he was off his head on magic mushrooms at the time and completely forgot which god this was and the back story behind it.

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(I was going to remove the crisp packet and replace it with a pile of books to show how intemellectual I am but decided to leave it there like a plaque saying Bless the Mess. I don't know how it got there)
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by stripes4 » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:36 pm

Oh NO!! It's the god of Atkins diets. MOVE IT AWAY FROM THE CARBS!!!! nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :nono:
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by Animavore » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:38 pm

:toetap: This is why I also posted this at RatSkep.
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by FBM » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:51 pm

Looks Aztec. Coatlicue?
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by Animavore » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:54 pm

FBM wrote:Looks Aztec. Coatlicue?
Animavore wrote:A friend of mine got this off one of the vendors selling trinkets beside the Mayan temples.
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by FBM » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:58 pm

Animavore wrote:
FBM wrote:Looks Aztec. Coatlicue?
Animavore wrote:A friend of mine got this off one of the vendors selling trinkets beside the Mayan temples.
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:fp: Of course! Olmec!
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by Animavore » Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:02 pm

Don't look like no Olmec to me.

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Re: Which god is this?

Post by Feck » Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:06 pm

I had a look but there are thousands of Mayan/Aztec gods and non of the pictures I found look the same ......
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by Animavore » Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:09 pm

Yeah. I went there too. There's a fucking ton of the cunts.
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by FBM » Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:10 pm

Animavore wrote:Don't look like no Olmec to me.

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They're practically indistinguishable, noodle-face.
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by Animavore » Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:13 pm

FBM wrote:
Animavore wrote:Don't look like no Olmec to me.

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They're practically indistinguishable, noodle-face.
The closest I've got, so far, is Q'uq'umatz.
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by stripes4 » Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:20 pm

It's Roger. THe god of anal fuckery.
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by Feck » Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:21 pm

Or Justin the god of inadequate sexual partners ?
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:27 pm

They had household gods and gods for their fields and domestic animals. The locals probably picked one that wasn't too complex to reproduce for sale.
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Re: Which god is this?

Post by Feck » Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:31 pm

Animavore wrote::toetap: This is why I also posted this at RatSkep.
Why are they better than us Ani ?
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