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Zorro

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2. Diaz does mention -- more as an aside -- The Quetzalcoatl prophecy

Reply to TlalocW (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 10, 2018, 08:28 PM

Mar 2018

and how Cortés cannily exploited it, but he didn't dwell on it.

He did write that Montezuma received a Spanish helmet and compared it with the headdress representations of Quetzalcoatl was shown wearing, and that he became resigned to his fate as was prophesized. Guess it was a good match.

Apparently he returned the helmet filled with gold in hopes that it would buy off the conquistadors from continuing their march. It wasn't really the best incentive to encourage them to turn back.

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Just finished Bernal Diaz' The True History of the Conquest of New Spain [View all] Zorro Mar 2018 OP

I read it about 12 years ago TlalocW Mar 2018 #1

Diaz does mention -- more as an aside -- The Quetzalcoatl prophecy Zorro Mar 2018 #2