The myth I chose to illustrate is that of the Lord of the land of the Dead for the Aztec people, Mictlantecuhtli along with his wife, Mictecacihuatl. The lord and lady were created at the same time to serve as guardians of the underworld although Mictlantecuhtli is the one that the myth is mainly set on even if they are said to be equal in power.
In my sketch I included:
- they are depicted as skeletons with eyeballs in their sockets, having eyeball necklaces, owl feathers in their hair dresses and sandals
- illustrations of the four god creators of the lord and lady
- animals associated to them, owls, spiders, bats, and bees
- stars, which its said that they swallow the stars during the day
- floating spirits-people got cremated so their souls could travel to the underworld
- and ofc a lot of skulls
The second sketch would have had the same border as the first sketch but I'm going to work on the first one for my final