Tlillan-Tlapallan
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Tlapallan [ˈt͡ɬilːan t͡ɬaˈpalːan] From Aztec mythology: a legendary place on the coast of Mexico. When the divine lord Quetzalcoatl was afflicted by old age and illness, and outraged at the violence of the trickster Titlacuahan, he fled to Tlapallan. From there he sailed away on a raft of snakes. The source says,
"And this is how he went away, sailing over the sea. And it is not known how... he reached this place Tlapallan." (General History of the Things of New Spain, Book 3, chapter 14)
This story can be found in Bernardino de Sahagún's General History of the Things of New Spain - which is the most authentic source of Aztec mythology, having been compiled shortly after the conquest in collaboration with a group of Aztec elders .[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Garagaiza, Garcia (2023). "La Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España" [The Florentine Codex – The General History of the Things of New Spain. Originally compiled in a bilingual Nahuatl / Spanish book by a group of Nahua elders, authors and artists in collaboration with Franciscan friar Bernadino de Sahagún in Mexico, 1577]. Digital Florentine Codex (in Nahuatl and Spanish and English). Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via florentinecodex.getty.edu.
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