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ketsalkoatl
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Quetzalcoatl ( Feathered Serpent or Serpiente-Quetzal ), God of the arts, of peace and of the moral life, who lived in Tollan Xicotitlan ( Today, Tula de Allende ) which was the discoverer of corn as a symbol of the union of the sky with the Earth, of matter and spirit. He was drunk and because of this sinful Act, flees to the East and is a snake boat by sea to fulfill his promise to return to save his people from destruction in the year one Reed ( ce acatl ), ca date coincides with the arrival of the Spaniards in 1521 to the shores of the Gulf of Mexico.




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