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The Quetzalcoatl is the feathered serpent worshiped by the Mayans. The Mayan leader, Montezuma, believed that the white men were the famous God returned.
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Believed that Quetzalcoatl would one day return?
john smith
Myth of Quetzalcoatl?
The god was believe to have left and would return one day in the year 1 atl. Cortes confused Montezume and made him believe he was the returning god, Quetzalcoatl
How did the Aztecs celebrate for Quetzalcoatl?
Quetzalcoatl was the main god or sun god of the Aztec people. so Quetzalcoatl was not an event but a person they worshiped. It was said that he would return to his people one day and the Aztecs waited for that to happen. I don't know if they sacrificed anything to him to celebrate him however.
The Aztecs welcomed who with open arms because they thought he was a God?
The Aztecs welcomed Hernan Cortes because they believed he was the god Quetzalcoatl. There was a prophecy that this god would return one day, and Cortes' arrival in 1519 coincided with the time frame of this prediction.
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What impact did the Aztecs religious beliefs have on cortess approach to Tenochtitlan?
Because of the Aztec's religious beliefs, when Cortes arrived in Mexico, the Aztecs believed that he was a god. The horses that the men rode and their much lighter skin coincided with a religious belief that they had and so, instead of trying to fight off Cortes and the Spaniards upon their arrival, the Aztecs treated them as gods; lavishing them with gifts and giving them food, gold and other supplies.
Why is Quetzalcoatl important in the Cortes Montezuma story?
Quetzalcoatl is important because it is actually said that Montezuma thought Cortes was indeed the God Quetzalcoatl, which legend said would return in the Mayan year one Reid. It turns out, by chance, when Cortes arrived in present day Mexico it was indeed the year one Reid. The Aztec God Quetzalcoatl was a light-skinned winged God. Seeing this magnificent white man ride in on a white horse really seemed to go along with the classic portrayal of their God, therefore really easily fooling the people. Soon after the Aztecs interacted with Cortes, history says most of Montezuma's people despised Cortes and didn't think he was really the God they originally thought him to be, but Montezuma was still unsure and therefore still feared Cortes; and did most of what was asked of him. Angering his own people. Leading to his demise later by his own people. Also interesting is that Mayan legend stated that Quetzalcoatl was driven out of the land that is now called Mexico, and exiled to the West. The legend that he would return on the year one Reid stated he would return via the West from the ocean... exactly as Cortes did. Leading to the mystery of who Cortes was.
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What was Mexico like before the spanish arrived?
A religious empire under the Aztecs, with a pantheon of gods - e.g. Tezcatlipoca, Huitzipochtli, Quetzalcoatl, representing variously force, will, wisdom, and centred on the city Tenochtitlan, roughly the site of present-day Mexico City. A feature of the architecture was stepped pyramids, where selected sacrificial victims had their hearts cut out to appease the gods, ensure crop fertility etc. The god Quetzalcoatl, 'the feathered serpent', was expected to appear or return to the Aztecs at some point, and when the Spanish arrived, their leader was taken to be Quetzalcoatl, and the Spanish were initially welcomed, but in time conquered and colonised the Aztec civilisation.
Why did La Malince willing to help Cortes conquer the Aztec?
Dona Marina or La Malinche was quick to help Cortez because at the time of arrival there was no Pan-Indian identity within the people's of central Mexico. No one owed allegiance to the Aztecs but were under their rule because they had been dominated by them. La Malinche thought that it would be good for her tribe to help the Spanish because they seemed like the perfect people to defeat the Aztec empire and hopefully free the tribes from their rule. Also it is worthy to point out that she may have also thought that he was Quetzalcoatl was well. In the legend Quetzalcoatl was banished and said that one day he would return to rule over the people of this land, this faith in the legend and Cortez appearing and looking like Quetzalcoatl seemed to also push Dona Marina to helping Cortez defeat the Aztecs.
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