Quetzalcoatl

The Temple of Quetzalcoatl is historically popular due to the lavish designs that surround its facades, especially one distinct figure: the feathered serpents. Feathered serpents are historically important to the Mayan culture (Taube). The serpent is known as a very important element in the Mayan war culture. Leaders and warriors have a feathered serpentine figure in their headdresses to signify the importance of war. According to anthropologists Caso and Bernal, the Teotihuacan feathered serpent

Introduction. Quetzalcoatl was a large man whose father was the Sun and whose mother was goddess Coatlicue. He was a part of both the Toltec and the Mayan culture. This paper will present Quetzalcoatl myth analysis starting with the historical context which will be followed by world view. The psychological context then will be followed by the contemporary themes. II. Historical View Three historical events will be analyzed on this part to show their significance to the Quetzalcoatl Myth. A. Quetzalcoatl

were true predictions that confirmed the tradition of that Quetzalcoatl, eighth king of the Toltecs, would have to return to reclaim their treasures and take possession of his kingdom, as he himself had warned when was Tula in the year 999. Three years before the arrival of the Spaniards, Montezuma II was noted from a vantage point of his palace the comet that appeared in Tenochtitlan. The superstitious tlatoani deducted that Quetzalcoatl was announcing its return. The Iberian fleet of eleven ships

exactly, but we do know they were from the Mixtec culture that included the regions of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Ouebla, Mexico. Furthermore knowing the artists’ culture we have a better understanding of the significance of the representation of the Quetzalcóatl (feathered serpent) on this three-dimensional plate. The plate itself seems to be 10 inches wide and symmetrical. The feathered god covers the whole diameter of the plate. Though it’s called a plate, we can speculate that this wasn’t a traditional

Mictlantecuhtli, Supreme God of Death in the Aztec Mythology The beliefs of the Aztec cults are very different from the concepts of theology of contiguous religions such as Judeo-Christian. But, just because they do not believe in hell or in the biblical Satan does not mean that they disbelieve in deities with power over the life, destiny, and death. In fact, Aztecs believed in a supreme evil entity who governed the Mictlan, which as the underworld of the Aztec mythology. Mictlantecuhtli along with

political systems for governing other indigenous people that they have conquered. The Mexica-Aztec were direct descendent of the Toltecs of Mesoamerica therefore the Aztecs appropriated much of Toltec culture most importantly the belief in the god Quetzalcoatl. Also, the Mexica-Aztec and the Inka had very similar economies based on agriculture and trade. Political systems of the Mexica-Aztec and the Inka differed in their governance of other indigenous brought into their societies the Mexica-Aztec

native tribes to fight with him against the Aztecs. He knew he needed these allies to conquer the Aztec empire. With the knowledge of a myth about a white god, he was able to betray Montezuma II. “Quetzalcoatl was an Aztecan god. His name means “the feathered serpent” in the Nahuatl language. Quetzalcoatl was the patron of priests and the inventor of the calendar. He was

native tribes to fight with him against the Aztecs. He knew he needed these allies to conquer the Aztec empire. With the knowledge of a myth about a white god, he was able to betray Montezuma II. “Quetzalcoatl was an Aztecan god. His name means “the feathered serpent” in the Nahuatl language. Quetzalcoatl was the patron of priests and the inventor of

The Aztecs were an amazing people who in 1518 had a population of thirty million. They showed up in the Valley of Mexico after the fall of the Teotihuacan. The Teotihuacan people lived in the first large city of Mexico. The origins of the Aztecs is unknown but it is speculated that they came from an island in a lake known as Aztlan. The speculation comes from old folk legends (Duiker). Their known name, Aztecs, was derived from the name of their homeland. The Aztecs were a powerful warrior people

the most important god or deity. Inca believed the Inta, god of the sun, was an important god, but he was not considered to be the most important. The most prominent deities in the Aztec religion included Tezcatlipoca (a powerful creator god), Quetzalcoatl (god of learning and patron of priests), Tlaloc (an ancient central Mexican rain god) and Huitzilopochtli, god of the sun, and patron god of Mexican