"This pre-Columbian creation myth tells the story of Quetzalcoatl, one of the most important deities in ancient Mesoamerica, and his quest to create humankind. The gods tried to make humans during each sun, or age, but each time failed. So when they grew tired, only one did not give up: Quetzalcoatl, also called the Feathered Serpent. Determined, the Feathered Serpent embarks on a dangerous journey full of fearsome foes and harsh elements, facing...

"Los Angeles is burning. During one of the hottest summers the city has ever seen, someone is murdering mages with fires that burn when they shouldn't, that don't stop when they should. Necromancer Eric Carter is being framed for the killings and hunted by his own people. To Carter, everything points to the god Quetzalcoatl coming after him, after he defied the mad wind god in the Aztec land of the dead. But too many things aren't adding up, and Carter...

In the arid canyonlands of Mexico the race is on for the ultimate end-of-the-world codex-the final 1000-year-old prophesy of the god-king, Quetzalcoatl, who ruled Mexico 1000 years ago. Rita Critchlow and Cooper Jones hunt for that sacred codex in those scorching desert canyons, while 500 years ago, Pacal, a young slave-scholar, sets out on the same deadly quest. He too must find those apocalyptic writings, knowing that his era-the Age of the Aztecs-may...

"Ésta es la profecía de Quetzalcóatl, su revelación, nuestro destino. El 13 de agosto de 1521 cayó Tenochtitlán en manos de decenas de miles de guerreros de diversos pueblos y ciudades del Anáhuac. Los herederos de los toltecas se liberaron del terrible yugo de los hijos de Huitzilopochtli, con el inesperado pero indispensable apoyo de un puñado de aventureros castellanos. Una era llegó a su fin y, como siempre ocurre en la historia humana,...

"Ninguna otra divinidad acumuló tal pluralidad de atributos y de significados que Quetzalcóatl; este libro explora los atributos y significaciones de su culto y analiza las distintas interpretaciones de un emblema que durante más de mil años fue el símbolo político y religioso que inspiró a los dirigentes de todas las culturas dominantes de Mesoamérica."--

An award-winning author brings an ancient creation myth about Quetzalcoatl, one of the most important deities in ancient Mesoamerica, dazzlingly to life.

Provides information about the quetzal, a beautiful bird found in Mexico and Central America, and about its significance in the lives and beliefs of ancient Mesoamerican peoples.

"The Myth of Quetzalcoatl is a translation of Alfredo López Austin's 1973 book Hombre-Dios: Religión y politica en el mundo náhuatl. Despite its pervasive and lasting influence on the study of Mesoamerican history, religion in general, and the Quetzalcoatl myth in particular, this is the first English translation of the work"--

"Cuando el mundo no era más que cielo y mar, cuatro hermanos se dieron a la tarea de crear la tierra para poblarla de dioses, luz y vida. Quetzalcóatl, el más valiente de los cuatro, enfrentaría sus peores miedos para cumplir su misión, y aprendería que para convertirse en un verdadero líder es necesario entregarlo todo"-- http://www.educal.com.mx/