Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl

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Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl is a deity who, after death, spent four days in Mictlan making darts before emerging as the morning star. This transformation connects him to Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, the morning star deity who shoots darts at people.

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Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli

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Source passages

“According to the Annals of Cuauhtitlan, after Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl died, he spent four days in Mictlan making darts before emerging as the morning star.”

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