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

Most American textbooks claim that the Aztex 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 p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Heep, Stefan (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2019]
Subjects:	Quetzalcoatl > (Mesoamerican deity) Cortés, Hernán, > 1485-1547. Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chapter One. Hernan Cortés' Second Letter to Emperor Charles V
Chapter Two. Doña Isabel's Petition
Chapter Three. Leyenda de los Soles
Chapter Four. The Animals of Cuauhtitlan
Chapter Five. Sahagún's Historia General de la Nueva España
Chapter Six. Comparison of the Quetzalcoatl Accounts
Chapter Seven. Reconstruction of the pre-Hispanic Quetzalcoatl
Chapter Eight. Discussion.