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- Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
10: ...d worked so well in the conquest of the [[Canary Islands|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guan...
18: ...had learned a Mayan dialect during seven years of slavery, though he proved less and less useful as it...
22: ...link between the ancient gods and Christ (to whom Quetzalcoatl was often implicitly compared).
29: ...e locals planned to murder the Spaniards in their sleep. Although he did not know if this was true or ...
35: ...zuma II, thinking Cortés to be the returning god Quetzalcoatl, welcomed Cortes with great pomp. Meanwhile, othe... - Teotihuacan (6370 bytes)
7: ...y the glyph that represents the city has been translated as "The place of the precious sacrifice".
13: ...ly translated as "city of the gods," but also translated as "city where men become gods." According to...
17: ...the '''Pyramid of the Moon''', the '''Temple of [[Quetzalcoatl]]''' or [[Temple of the Feathered Serpent]], and ...
24: ...s associated primarily with the elite class. The slums and poorer districts were almost untouched. Ma... - Toltec (2981 bytes)
5: ...ec]] times. In Toltec (and later Aztec) mythology Quetzalcoatl was a rival of [[Tezcatlipoca]], the first god wh...
18: * [[Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl]], son of Mixcoatl, the most famous Toltec ruler - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ...he capital was [[Tenochtitlan]], built on raised islets in [[Lake Texcoco]] – the site of modern...
19: The renowned Nahuatl translator, [[Miguel León-Portilla]], suggests that it ...
34: ...''Huey Tlatoani'' (plural ''Huey Tlatoque''), translates roughly as "Great Speaker". This office gradu...
45: ... Spaniards and European scholars routinely mistranslated as "god" or "demon", referred rather to an im...
51: ...ca legends identify the Toltecs and the cult of [[Quetzalcoatl]] with the mythical city of [[Tollan]], which the... - Aztec mythology (10599 bytes)
35: *[[Ehecatl]] (also ''Ehecatl-[[Quetzalcoatl]]'') - the god of the Wind and creator of the ear...
57: ...y]]. An aspect of [[Tezcatlpoca]] and father of [[Quetzalcoatl]]
68: *[[Quetzalcoatl]] (also Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli) (quetzal-feathered...
76: ...ict, temptation and change. A sinister rival to [[Quetzalcoatl]]. Can appear as [[Mixcoatl]] or, more often, as ...
96: *[[Xolotl]] - canine companion of [[Quetzalcoatl]] and god of twins, sickness and deformity. Accom... - Tenochtitlan (3092 bytes)
3: ...l of the [[Aztec]] empire, which was built on an island in [[Lake Texcoco]] in what is now central [[M...
7: ...ross this vision on what was then a small swampy island in Lake Texcoco. Not deterred by the unfavoura...
9: ...land was perpetually enlarged as an [[artificial island]] as Tenochtitlan grew to become the largest a...
15: ...a II]], thinking Cort鳠to be the returning god [[Quetzalcoatl]], welcomed him with great pomp. Some of the conq... - Mesoamerica (2665 bytes)
3: ...a feathered-serpent god (known to the Aztecs as [[Quetzalcoatl]]); a [[Vigesimal]] numbering system; the use of ... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...trate) of the second Spanish town founded on the island. In 1519, he was elected captain of the third ...
14: ...in (OF-2)|captain]] of distinguished ancestry but slender means. Hernán's mother was Catalina Pizarro...
31: ...Cuba, receiving a large estate of land and Indian slaves for his efforts from the leader of the expedi...
36: ... a ''[[repartimiento]]'' (gift of land and Indian slaves), mines and cattle. This new position of powe...
47: ...rnt Maya during his captivity, and could thus translate for Cortés. In March 1519, Cortés formally c...
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