How did the "white" god come to Mexico? : Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl / by Stefan Heep

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Heep, Stefan [Author]

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9781527539969

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Quetzalcoatl (Mesoamerican deity)

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F1219 .H693 2019

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Doña Isabel's petition -- Leyenda de los soles -- The animals of Cuauhtitlan -- Sahagún's Historia General de la Nueva España -- Comparison of the Quetzalcoatl accounts -- Reconstruction of the pre-hispanic Quetzalcoatl -- Discussion

Subject: Most American schoolbooks claim that the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II confused the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés for the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, a fabulous, fair-skinned priest king of ancient times who had promised to return, which is why Moctezuma voluntarily surrendered his mighty empire. In the past, the tale of Quetzalcoatl has inspired many people to speculate about pre-Columbian invaders from the Old World. It has also been abused as another presumed proof of white supremacy. Indigenous traditions, however, saw a Mexican Messiah who played an important part in constructing the Mexican

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Most American schoolbooks claim that the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II confused the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés for the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, a fabulous, fair-skinned priest king of ancient times who had promised to return, which is why Moctezuma voluntarily surrendered his mighty empire. In the past, the tale of Quetzalcoatl has inspired many people to speculate about pre-Columbian invaders from the Old World. It has also been abused as another presumed proof of white supremacy. Indigenous traditions, however, saw a Mexican Messiah who played an important part in constructing the Mexican

Includes bibliographical references.

Hernan Cortés' second letter to Emperor Charles V -- Doña Isabel's petition -- Leyenda de los soles -- The animals of Cuauhtitlan -- Sahagún's Historia General de la Nueva España -- Comparison of the Quetzalcoatl accounts -- Reconstruction of the pre-hispanic Quetzalcoatl -- Discussion

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