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Quetzalcoatl: Gods
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Quetzalcoatl is a very ancient god known to the Mayas and ancient Teotihuacan ruins. Quetzalcoatl was said to be the son of Camaxtli and Chimalma and he was born in Michatlauhco, "Fish Deeps". His mother died during his birth and his grandfathers raised him. The multiplicity of Quetzalcoatl's roles attest to the antiquity of his cult following and his adoration.
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Quetzalcoatl is the god of human sustenance. He was originally a god of water and was known as the "spirit of the waters which flowed along the winding bends of rivers." Often depicted as a feathered serpent, he was famous for discovering maize, creating fire, establishing the priesthood, and domesticating animals. He has the power to cure blindness, help with fertility, and heal skin affliction.
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After the destruction of the Fourth Sun, Quetzalcoatl descends into the underworld (and in one version is accompanied by Xolotl). After enduring certain trails inflicted on him by the god of death, he retrieves the bones and ashes of the previous humanity that are needed to make the new one. The remaining element needed is the blood of the gods; ... in one version Quetzalcoatl is the only one to perform autosacrifice which turns out to be all that was needed.
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Quetzalcoatl was ... a "Putra." The Toltecs or Nahuatl-speaking people could not pronounce "L." Therefore, he was called "Ixi-Ptla." (X pronounced like SH). It meant "image; idol; representation or skin of a god." (See Garibay's Llave del Nahuatl). In Sanskrit, ISH or ISHA was the name of God Shiva.
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Quetzalcoatl ... abolished human sacrifice and decreed that henceforth sacrificial objects be limited to snakes, flowers and small birds. It's at this point that the line becomes blurred between the historical and the legendary Quetzalcoatl. Though the priests were undoubtedly annoyed by his outlawing of human sacrifice, accounts of the actions attributed to them are obviously the work of myth makers rather than of responsible historians. According to this version, the priests summoned an ancient god named Texcatlipoca to help them get rid of Quetzalcoatl. Texcatlipoca was an evil god, and he and the pro-human sacrifice priests obviously looked on Quetzalcoatl as some sort of bleeding-heart liberal.
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When discussing the meaning of the name Quetzalcoatl, it was noted that the same name, in translation, appears in Maya and Quiche documents. The contexts of that connection appear to relate to a Toltec time period connection between Tula or the Toltecs and the Maya nations. Indeed, the Quiche and the Cakchiquel trace their right to rule to Central Mexicans, and at times, Quetzalcoatl. While this connection might be to a historic person, it is ... possible that it is to the demi-god as the quintessential Toltec. As these documents are looking back on distant past, either the historical or mythical character could be the one meant in the Maya and Quichean documents.
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