In the postclassic Nahua civilization of central Mexico (Aztec) the worship of Quetzalcoatl was ubiquitous.

Quetzalcoatl's opposite was Tezcatlipoca, who, in one legend, sent Quetzalcoatl into exile. Quetzalcoatl allegedly went to Mictlan, the underworld, and created fifth-world mankind from the bones of the previous races (with the help of Chihuacoatl), using his own blood, from a wound in his penis, to imbue the bones with new life. Scholars have described many similarities between the myths of the Aztecs and those of the American Southwest, and posit a common root. Tezcatlipoca, (Miroir Fumant), était un dieu très important du panthéon méso-américain. a pour origines les représentations mythologiques du coyote présenté comme le « Frère aîné » de l'humanité, un créateur, un séducteur, un escroc et un héros culturel lié à l'étoile du matin., colloquially known as the "Q", is a Masonic invitational body. In Xochicalco, depictions of the feathered serpent are accompanied by the image of a seated, armed ruler and the hieroglyph for the On the basis of the iconography of the feathered serpent deity at sites such as Teotihuacan, Xochicalco, Chichén Itzá, Tula and Tenochtitlan combined with certain ethnohistorical sources, historian David Carrasco has argued that the preeminent function of the feathered serpent deity throughout Mesoamerican history was the patron deity of the Urban center, a god of culture and civilization.To the Aztecs, Quetzalcoatl was, as his name indicates, a feathered serpent, a flying reptile (much like a The exact significance and attributes of Quetzalcoatl varied somewhat between civilizations and through history. In a version of the myth, Quetzalcoatl was born by a virgin named According to another version of the myth, Quetzalcoatl is one of the four sons of Most Mesoamerican beliefs included cycles of suns. Tezcatlipoca avait de nombreux autres noms et de nombreuses attributions :Sous la forme d'un géant drapé d'un voile cendré Quetzalcoatl's opposite was Tezcatlipoca, who, in one legend, sent Quetzalcoatl into exile. Ce que les gens firent mais le corps du sorcier mort exhala There are several stories about the birth of Quetzalcoatl. The feathered serpent was furthermore connected to the star venus because of this star's importance as a sign of the beginning of the rainy season. In the example from Yaxchilan, the Vision Serpent has the human face of the young maize god, further suggesting a connection to fertility and vegetational renewal; the Maya Young Maize god was also connected to Venus.
The Aztecs turned him into a symbol of dying and resurrection and a patron of priests. In the codex's description of the first meeting between Moctezuma and Cortes, the Aztec ruler is described as giving a prepared speech in classical oratorial Nahuatl, a speech which, as described verbatim in the codex (written by Sahagun's, Tlatelolcan informants), included such prostrate declarations of divine or near-divine admiration. At temples such as the aptly named "Quetzalcoatl temple" in the Ciudadela complex, feathered serpents figure prominently and alternate with a different kind of serpent head. The worship of a feathered serpent deity is first documented in Teotihuacan in the Late Preclassic through the Early Classic period (400 BCE - 600CE) of Mesoamerican chronology - "Teotihuacan arose as a new religious center in the Mexican Highland, around the time of Christ..." -- whereafter it appears to have spread throughout Mesoamerica by the Late Classic (600 - 900 CE) (Ringle et al.). This depiction is believed to have been made around 900 BC, although probably not exactly a depiction of the same feathered serpent deity worshipped in classic and post-classic periods it shows the continuity of symbolism of feathered snakes in Mesoamerica from the formative period and on, for example in comparison to the Mayan Vision Serpent shown below.

Quetzalcóatl — Quetzalcoatl und Tezcatlipoca Quetzalcoatl (Nahuatl Quetzalcōātl [ketsalˈkoːaːtɬ], „gefiederte Schlange“; Maya Kukulcán) ist eine Gottheit mehrerer mesoamerikanischer Kulturen, darunter der Azteken und der Tolteken. However, a number of Mesoamericanist scholars (such as Matthew Restall (2003), James Lockhart (1994), Susan D. Gillespie (1989), Camilla Townsend (2003a, 2003b), Louise Burkhart, and Michael E. Smith (2001) among others) consider the "Quetzalcoatl/Cortes myth" as one of many myths about the Spanish conquest which have risen in the early post-conquest period. Et Tezcatlipoca commença à exercer son influence à la cour. tenue derrière des rideaux et seuls quelques prêtres pouvaient In the example from Yaxchilan the Vision Serpent has the human face of the young maize god, further suggesting a connection to fertility and vegetational renewal, the Mayan Young Maize god was also connected to Venus. Feathered serpent iconography is prominent at all of these sites.
Selon les Annales de Cuauhtitlan, Quetzalcóatl, souverain de Tula, la capitale des Toltèques, fut séduit par Tezcatlipoca, qui, jaloux de son rival, l'enivra et l'amena à rompre son vœu de chasteté.Chassé de Tula, Quetzalcóatl parvint au bord de la mer, où il s'immola par remords. Il avait pour épouse la belle Xochiquetzal. braves empoignaient le monstre avec la ferme intention de ne le relâcher A 2012 exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Dallas Museum of Art, "The Children of the Plumed Serpent: the Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico", demonstrated the existence of a powerful confederacy of Eastern Nahuas, Mixtecs and Zapotecs, along with the peoples they dominated throughout southern Mexico between 1200–1600 (Pohl, Fields, and Lyall 2012, Harvey 2012, Pohl 2003). trouvèrent la mort. Names Description Tezcatlipoca (Tezcatlipōca) Smoking Mirror God of …