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Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl

Type Figure Region Mesoamerica Time 900–947 Also known as Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl、Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl、托皮尔特津·魁札尔科亚特尔

A legendary priest-ruler of the Toltec city of Tollan around the 10th century, famed in Nahua tradition under the title "Feathered Serpent.…

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  1. c. 923–947Tula (Tollan, present-day Tula de Allende) · HidalgoNahua chronicles say he acceded under the year name Ce Acatl, establishing a religious-political order in the name of Quetzalcoatl, and in the end departed eastward or immolated himself to become a god amid internal strife. Modern archaeology cannot confirm a single historical individual.

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