[Aztlan] Quetzalcoatl and 9 wind

Tue Apr 28 13:38:36 CDT 2009

Dear Magnus:
You will find the information you are seeking in Nicholson's 1978 article. I have included additional references to Q.
Carrasco, David1992. Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire. The University of Chicago Press. Chicago

López Austin, A.

1989 Hombre-Dios:
Religión y Política en el Mundo Nahuatl. Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, México, D.F.  

López Austin, A., L. López
Luján and S. Sugiyama

1991 The Temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacan. Ancient Mesoamerica 2:93-105.

Nicholson, H. B.

1957 Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl of Tollan: A Problem in
Mesoamerican Ethnohistory. unpublished Ph.D.
dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge.

1971 Religion in Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico. In Archaeology
of Northern Mesoamerica, Part One, edited by G. F. Ekholm and
I. Bernal, pp. 395-446. Handbook of Middle American Indians, vol. 10, R.
Wauchope, general editor, University of Texas Press, Austin.

1978 The Deity 9 Wind “Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl” in the
Mixteca Pictorials. Journal of Latin American Lore
4:1:61-92.
2001 Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl: The Once and Future Lord of the Toltecs. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. 

Ringle W. M., T. Gallareta Negrón, and G. J. Bey III

1998 The Return of Quetzalcoatl: Evidence for the
Spread of a World Religion During the Epiclassic Period.Ancient Mesoamerica
9:183-232

Best,
Carlos

> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:26:27 -0500
> From: magnuspharao at gmail.com
> To: aztlan at lists.famsi.org
> Subject: [Aztlan] Quetzalcoatl and 9 wind
> 
> Dear Aztlaners
> 
> I am in the process of improving the wikipedia article about quetzalcoatl
> which is in a sorry shape. In doing this I am coming to feel entangled in
> the various strands of mythological symbolism. Right now I am unsure as to
> what is the nature of the relation between quetzalcoatl and the date 9 wind
> (and subsequently with the date ce acatl)? If anyone can give me a few hints
> to get out of the maze it would be appreciated. Also everyone is welcome to
> visit wikipedia and help in the improvement of the article.
> 
> Magnus P Hansen
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