Directly adjacent to the La Malinche launch is the site of the pre-columbian hilltop fortress of Acatzingo, and the approx. 2 meter tall rock carving of the goddess of female water (as opposed to masculine water) Matlalcueye.
By coincidence, or not, this rock carving sits directly at the geographic center of the most common area house thermal, and of the location higher up where the other local house thermals join up together, to create one of the best lift situations in the entire region.
She is also the most known archeological symbol in the Tenancingo area. Up until now many have felt that a good quality reproduction of the goddess has not been produced. As a career artist in bronze and copper I took it upon myself to produce my interpretive representation of the Matlalcueye of La Malinche, Tenancingo.
The original idea and impetus to produce this statuette was as a trophy for the paragliding event which Daniel Pedraza holds at La Malinche every December. This year Daniel Pedraza's event will become the XAztecas event organized by Peter Peru, so I don't know yet if Peter will have any use for my little ol' statue of the goddess of the house-thermal for his international event, but I am ready to produce a few more if they are desired.
In the mean time a fan of my art in Washington DC ordered one, so that got the product finished at this time, and maybe some locals will buy one or two of these art objects.
Since the original is a simple line drawing, and my plan was to produce her more in 3 dimensions, I had to make a number of interpretations concerning the aspects such as the clothing, the head-dress, (and the exposed vagina, which some embarrassed locals said was added later, but the experts say it is original, because that is where the "feminine water" comes from). I consulted with some local archeologists, and some of the local "shamans" with academic knowledge of the ancient Aztec culture before finalizing the details of the original model.
Here is the web page with more information about this statuette.
http://www.sumocobre.com/Matlalcueye.html
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