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Their cosmic offspring were the four Tezcatlipocas: Red Tezcatlipoca or Xipe
Totec associated with the east; Blue Tezcatlipoca or Huitzilopochtli with the south
; White Tezcatlipoca or Quetzalcoatl with the west; and Black Tezcatlipoca with
the ...
Their cosmic offspring were the four Tezcatlipocas: Red Tezcatlipoca or Xipe
Totec associated with the east; Blue Tezcatlipoca or Huitzilopochtli with the south
; White Tezcatlipoca or Quetzalcoatl with the west; and Black Tezcatlipoca with
the ...
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Governed by the rain god Tlaloc, it was destroyed by fiery rain sent by
Quetzalcoatl. Then came the fourth creation, known as 'Four- Water', which was
identified with Chalchiuhtlicue, the water goddess. This world ended when the
earth was ...
Governed by the rain god Tlaloc, it was destroyed by fiery rain sent by
Quetzalcoatl. Then came the fourth creation, known as 'Four- Water', which was
identified with Chalchiuhtlicue, the water goddess. This world ended when the
earth was ...
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... 69, 84, I 16. 179. 18c.. 227. 288 Pryderi 91 I Ptah 44-5 Pueblo Indians 272
Pyrrha 56, 67 Pythia, the 69 Qat 225 Queen Mother of the West 180, 187
Quetzalcoatl 283-4 rabbits 269, 27 1 Radha 152, 155 Ragnarok 120, 124-5 rain
15. 17. 28.
... 69, 84, I 16. 179. 18c.. 227. 288 Pryderi 91 I Ptah 44-5 Pueblo Indians 272
Pyrrha 56, 67 Pythia, the 69 Qat 225 Queen Mother of the West 180, 187
Quetzalcoatl 283-4 rabbits 269, 27 1 Radha 152, 155 Ragnarok 120, 124-5 rain
15. 17. 28.
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