Ininewcrow@piefed.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMy Indigenous Ancestors on Christmas Daymedia.piefed.caimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1635arrow-down112
arrow-up1623arrow-down1imageMy Indigenous Ancestors on Christmas Daymedia.piefed.caIninewcrow@piefed.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareHenriVolney@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoThese are offerings to deities in their own right. Modern societies miss day-to-day rites that connect people with the supernatural
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 days agoLike carving out the still beating hearts of captives with athames and kicking their corpses down the stairs of step pyramids. We truly have lost our sense of spirituality.
minus-squareSpaniard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoNot all natives were the Aztecs. Even for Christians the whole Santa thing is a bit weird.
These are offerings to deities in their own right. Modern societies miss day-to-day rites that connect people with the supernatural
Like carving out the still beating hearts of captives with athames and kicking their corpses down the stairs of step pyramids.
We truly have lost our sense of spirituality.
Not all natives were the Aztecs. Even for Christians the whole Santa thing is a bit weird.