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[-] ReadyUser31@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Hey I 3d printed that guy to use in my DnD game!

https://lemmy.world/post/1430591

Legitimately, I came to the comment section to ask if it's been scanned for a 3d model because I want one, and have a printer or two just waiting to be given something to do.

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago

Used for ritualistic purposes no doubt.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Into the ritual jar it goes

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Gameplay is a ritual, in some sense. The seasonal sports cycles definitely fit the bill

[-] meant2live218@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I meet weekly with 5 other guys to sit around a table, speak thoughts into actions, and roll dice to determine the future, so... Yeah.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Everything in Mayan culture was completely infused with their religious beliefs. Everything was for ritualistic purposes.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 16 points 1 year ago

clearly in an earth bending stance
what knowledge have we lost

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Why does it have little radar dishes on its head?

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They're eyes, probably some sort of gecko or lizard.

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Or symbols.

Two people would smash their heads together. Percussion instruments were a full contact sport until the drumstick was invented.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Nah they're an animal, Mayans were written about contemporarily which notes their love of dressing up like animals. There's even a story about the final battle of the Maya where they released a dude dressed up like a crazy fuckin bird.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

wait, the crystal over his helmet... is this the first Sims character

[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

The Mandalorian's popularity is crazy.

I remember taking my first archaeology class in college and seeing pictures of statuettes with big breasts and butts and learning that they represented a "cult of fertility". Only much later did I realize it was just 20,000 year old porn.

[-] jadedwench@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

One interesting theory we talked about in mine, at least for Venus statues, is perspective. Stand up, tuck your chin down, and look. If this is the view you using to make a statue, this is how it would look like. Especially if you have breasts and a belly in the way.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I've seen Hopi kachina dolls with removable masks, but I'm not sure if that's an ancient or modern thing.

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