Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl: The Once and Future Lord of the ToltecsIn Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, H.B. Nicholson presents the most comprehensive survey and discussion of the primary sources and relevant archaeological evidence concerning this man/god, the most enigmatic figure of ancient Mesoamerica. Long available only on university microfilm, this classic text has been updated and now includes new illustrations and an index. Nicholson sorts through the wealth of material, classifying, summarizing, and analyzing all known primary accounts in the Spanish, Nahuatl, and Mayan languages of the career of Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl. In a new Introduction, he updates the original source material presently available to scholars concerned with this figure. |
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | xxxii |
INTRODUCTION | liii |
NOTE ON ORGANIZATION | lxiv |
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Common terms and phrases
Acatl Alva Ixtlilxochitl Anales de Cuauhtitlan appears Basin of Mexico Biblioteca Cakchiquel calendric Camaxtli Central Mexico Chichen Itza Chichimeca Chilam Balam Chimalpahin Cholollan chronicle coatl Codex Códice Colhuacan Conquest copy Cortés Crónica Crónica X culture deity dios Durán dynasty Edición edition Ehecatl Ehecatl Quetzalcoatl Estudios feathered serpent Florentine Codex Fray fué García Icazbalceta Garibay Guatemala Gucumatz Gumarcaah Highland Guatemala Historia Huemac important Indios Ixtlilxochitl Jiménez Moreno Juan Katun Kukulcan later Lehmann lord Madrid manuscript Maya Memoriales Mesoamerican Mexican Mexico City Mexico Tenochtitlan migration Mixcoatl Mixteca Motecuhzoma Motolinía Muñoz Camargo Nacxit Nahua Nahuatl native Nicholson Nueva España Olmos original pinturas Popol Vuh Postclassic pre-Hispanic probably published Quetzal Quetzalcoatl of Tollan Quiche Ramírez Recinos Relación ruler Sahagún Seler señores significant sources SUMMARY temple Tenochtitlan Tezcatlipoca tierra tion Tlapallan Tlaxcala Tlaxcallan Tollan Tale Toltec Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl TOPILTZIN QUETZALCOATL MATERIAL tradition trecena Tula Votan Yucatan Yucatecan