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TOPILTZIN

QUETZALCOATL

Carvings on lid of the “Box of Hackmack,” Late Aztec style. Museum für Völkerkunde,

Hamburg, Germany. The feathered serpent, flying downward, is flanked by the two dates

most closely associated with both Ehecatl and Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, One and Seven

Acatl (Reed). Photo courtesy of the museum.

TOPILTZIN

QUETZALCOATL

THE ONCE AND FUTURE LORD

OF THE TOLTECS

by H. B. Nicholson

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF COLORADO

Published by the University Press of Colorado

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Boulder, Colorado 80303

Printed in the United States of America.

The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part,

by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College,

Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern

Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado.

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American

National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library

Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1992

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nicholson, H. B. (Henry B.)

Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl : the once and future lord of the Toltecs / H. B. Nicholson

p. cm. — (Mesoamerican worlds)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-87081-547-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-87081-554-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Quetzalcoatl (Aztec deity) 2. Aztec mythology. 3. Aztecs—History—Sources. 4. Toltec

mythology. 5. Toltecs—History—Sources. 6. Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian)—

History and criticism. I. Title. II. Series.

F1219.76.R45 .N53 2001

972'.01—dc21

2001000483

Cover design by Laura Furney

Text design by Daniel Pratt

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Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl - The Once and Future Lord of the Toltecs by HB Nicholson (2001).pdf