Tamoanchan is a mythical place where a broken, flowering tree grows. A divine force irradiates from it with so much power, that not only it is capable of giving life, but also of regenerating life, bringing the dead back to life.
It is said that the broken tree representing Temoanchan emerges from a place where the gods were born and it then grew over the 7 caves (Chicomoztoc), from where the Aztecs separated from 6 other tribes (with which they shared Nahua lineage) and from where they left, guided by their god Huitzilopochtli.
Temoanchan is the place where Quetzalcoatl revived the bones of the ancestors to resurrect humanity, creating the first man and woman that would live in the World of the Fifth Sun. There, corn sprouted for the first time, and there began the pilgrimage of the Aztecs towards their destiny.
According to some experts*, Tamoanchan represents a mythical region where gods, human beings, creatures, food, plants and nations originated…
In the image you can see one of the scenes of the animated short that we are working on.
Take a look at these three sneak peek we already shared, to have an idea of what we're working on!
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*Tamoanchan: una imagen verbal del origen, Patrick Johansson K. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas de México, 2015
