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Feathered serpent god of air and water in the
pre-Columbian Aztec and Toltec cultures of
Central America. In legendary human form, he
was said to have been fair-skinned and
bearded, and to have reigned on Earth during
a golden age. He disappeared across the sea,
with a promise to return; Cortes exploited
the coincidence of description when he
invaded. Ruins of one of his temples survive
at Teotihuacan in Mexico.