No One Said it was Quetzalcoatl
Listening to the Indians in the Conquest of Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12731963 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Camilla Townsend (0000-0002-8000-8576, Colgate University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-0542 • E-ISSN: 1478-0542 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1478-0542.034 |
| OpenAlex | W2071159165 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
This article argues that, contrary to popular opinion, there is little evidence that the indigenous people of Mexico ever believed that Hernando Cortés and his men were gods, and that there is no meaningful evidence that any story about the god Quetzalcoatl's returning from the East in 1519 ever existed prior to the conquest. In order to dismantle the contruct, the origins and durability of the myth are explained, and then an alternate explanation is offered as to what the indigenous were in fact thinking at the point of contact
Active listening · Ancient history · CONQUEST · Ethnology · Indigenous · Mythology · Order (exchange · Point (geometry · Classics · Communication · History · Latin American history and culture · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |