Originally published at: How scary is the sound of an Aztec death whistle? | Boing Boing
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Still - Mushroom Appleseed is a sweet gig.
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For those who want to get right to how it sounds.
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Sounds like a black-speed-noise-metal band.
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As if millions of voices cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
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Well that was enough to convince me to not start a war with the Aztecs. What a uniquely terrifying sound.
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Somewhere in multiverse L-Space, there’s a copy of Guns, Germs and Bagpipes.
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Doesn’t that depend on whether you are blowing the whistle or running from the whistle?
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“Ask not for whom the whistle warbles…”
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Certainly up there with the Stuka siren.
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I have a 3d printed iteration of it; it’s loud and upsetting.
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The whistle sound itself? 4:30 into the video.
Spoiler alert: definitely a clay whistle making a sound.
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Damn!! That sounds like a death scream alright. I would not want to hear that ever.
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My ancestors would have loved a brace of these going up against the English;
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So the ancient Aztecs had dial-up internet?
I’m not sayin’ it was aliens etc. etc.
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The Aztec’s war horses should be allowed to comment on that.
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The truth of this one is highly questionable*, but the story is kinda cool
“The pre-colonial form of pozole, which combined human flesh and the white cacahuazintle corn”
*Stories of Pre-Colombian cannibalism were written down largely by Spanish colonizers and many were extremely embellished as a way to justify genocide.
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