answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

When Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortés arrived, the Aztecs believed he was Quetzalcoatl, a god who would bring peace to Mexico (some hope!). "Quetzalcoatl" meant feathered snake.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What does the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl mean?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is the quctzalcoati?

Did you mean Quetzalcoatl? He was an Aztec and Toltec god, the Winged Serpent. In Aztec religion the high priests were also called Quetzalcoatl.


What Aztec god did learning and art?

Quetzalcoatl.


Who did the Aztecs think Hernan Cortes was?

Hernan Cortez was not a God but when he arrive to America (Tenochtitlán) the Aztec thought he was his God Montezuma because of his light skin.


Who was the conquistador that was identified with the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl?

Hernan Cortes


Aztec god who took form of a feathered serpent?

Quetzalcoatl


How might the history of the Aztec people be different without the legend of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl?

Sex


Is quetzalcoatl a Inca or Aztec god?

Quetzalcoatl is the Aztec name of the same diety known as viracocha to the incans. He is known in every mesoamerican culture by one name or another.


Was Quetzalcoatl Mayan or Aztec?

Aztec


Cortes relatively easy conquest of Tenochtitlan?

Aztec legends of a returning god, Quetzalcoatl


What was the effect of the Aztec legends of a returning god Quetzalcoatl?

Cortes relatively easy conquest of Tenochtitlan


What is quezecoatal?

Quetzalcoatl is an Aztec sky and creator god. The name is a combination of quetzal, a brightly colored Mesoamerican bird, and coatl, meaning serpent.Quetzalcoatl is often referred to as The Feathered Serpent and was connected to the planet Venus. He was also the patron god of the Aztec priesthood, of learning and knowledge. Today Quetzalcoatl is arguably the best known Aztec deity, and is often thought to have been the principal Aztec god.


Some say Mixcoatl the Aztec deity is Tezcatlipoca the brother of Quetzalcoatl and others that he is the father of Quetzalcoatl - which is true?

Wat doesthis mean>