Quotes About Quetzalcoatl

Quetzalcoatl is a primal idea of the duality of human nature. The serpent is the embodiment of Heaven and Earth. It scares people in many ways.

Acosta alludes to this, in his "History of the Indies," as follows: "In the beginning of the year 1518, they (the Mexicans), discovered a fleet at sea, in the which was the Marques del Valle, Don Fernando Cortez, with his companions, a news which much troubled Montezuma, and conferring with his council, they all said, that without doubt, their great and ancient lord Quetzalcoatle was come, who had said that he would return from the East, whither he had gone." [239:6]

el autosacrificio de un hombre joven para redimir los pecados de su pueblo aparece en la tradición de Quetzalcóatl

You know, Dean said, gesturing with his uninjured hand. If we were in an action movie, this would be the scene where you tenderly dress my wounds. then the wailing guitar ballad would kick in and we'd end up rolling around on the bed in a slow motion montage. If I were in Q, The Winged Serpent, Xochi replied, this would be the scene where I sacrifice you to Quetzalcoatl.

Quetzalcóatl-santo Tomás sería una de las más poderosas palancas de que dispondrían los criollos para inclinar a Nueva España hacia el separatismo, prosiguiendo con el glorioso pasado del Anáhuac.

Guess I can't go back to working for Quetzalcoatl, eh?" "When this is over, Billy," Black Hawk said. "I think maybe we should go and visit the feathered serpent. Hand in our resignations. I'll bring a box of matches." "You going to toast some marshmallows with him?" "I'll toast something," Black Hawk promised.