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| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Orozco_-_Dartmouth_a.JPG|right|thumb|400px|Quetzalcoatl is said to have departed from Mexico on a raft made of snakes. Here depicted in [[José Clemente Orozco]]'s famous mural, ''The Epic of American Civilization'', at [[Dartmouth College]], New Hampshire.]] |
| + | '''Quetzalcoatl''' was the name given by the [[Aztecs]] to [[Thomas the Apostle]] when he evangelized among them shortly after the death and [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus Christ]]. He is said to have opposed their practice of [[human sacrifice]], and prophesized the [[Spanish conquest of Mexico]]. | ||
| + | ==Sources== | ||
| + | *Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de. ''Fenix del Occidente, San Thomas Apóstol, hallado con el nombre de Quetzalcóatl entre las cenizas de antiguas tradiciones conservadas en piedras, en teomoxtles tultecos y en cantares teochichimecos y mexicanos'' | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Huitzilopochtli]] | ||
Revision as of 17:02, April 20, 2007
File:Orozco - Dartmouth a.JPG
Quetzalcoatl is said to have departed from Mexico on a raft made of snakes. Here depicted in José Clemente Orozco's famous mural, The Epic of American Civilization, at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire.
Quetzalcoatl was the name given by the Aztecs to Thomas the Apostle when he evangelized among them shortly after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He is said to have opposed their practice of human sacrifice, and prophesized the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
Sources
- Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de. Fenix del Occidente, San Thomas Apóstol, hallado con el nombre de Quetzalcóatl entre las cenizas de antiguas tradiciones conservadas en piedras, en teomoxtles tultecos y en cantares teochichimecos y mexicanos