Chapter VII: Gods, Supernatural Beings, and Worship
Image of Tezcatlipoca -- His Seats at the Street-corners --
Various Legends about his Life on Earth -- Quetzalcoatl -- His
Dexterity in the Mechanical Arts -- His Religious Observances --
The Wealth and Nimbleness of his Adherents -- Expulsion from
Tula of Quetzalcoatl by Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli -- The
Magic Draught -- Huemac, or Vemac, King of the Toltecs, and the
Misfortunes brought upon him and his people by Tezcatlipoca in
various disguises -- Quetzalcoatl in Cholula -- Differing
Accounts of the Birth and Life of Quetzalcoatl -- His Gentle
Character -- He drew up the Mexican Calender -- Incidents of his
Exile and of his Journey to Tlapalla, as related and commented
upon by various writers -- Brasseur's ideas about the
Quetzalcoatl Myths -- Quetzalcoatl considered a Sun-God by
Tylor, and as a Dawn-Hero by Brinton -- Helps -- Domenech -- The
Codices -- Long Discussion of the Quetzalcoatl Myths by J. G.
Müller 237
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