Tlillan-Tlapallan

Tlillan-Tlapallan /ˈt͡ɬilːan t͡ɬaˈpalːan/ 'Place of the black and red colour' is a legendary place or region on the Gulf Coast of Mexico where king Quetzalcoatl went on his flight from Tollan in order to burn himself and change into the Morning Star.

The tale can be found in an important 16th-century manuscript (the Codex Chimalpopoca) containing the Annals of Quauhtitlan. Written in Nahua, the text basically translates a pre-Spanish book. The tale also occurs in Bernardino de Sahagún's General History of the Things of New Spain. The name Tlillan Tlapallan has been interpreted as referring to writing and books.

References

• http://weber.ucsd.edu/~anthclub/quetzalcoatl/que.htm

Aztec mythology Primordials Ometeotl Ometecuhtli Omecihuatl Tonacatecuhtli Tonacacihuatl Creator gods Huitzilopochtli Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Xipe Totec Deities Lords of the Night Centeotl Chalchiuhtlicue Itzpapalotl Mictlantecuhtli Piltzintecuhtli Tepeyollotl Tlaloc Tlazolteotl Xiuhtecuhtli Lords of the Day Centeotl Chalchiuhtlicue Citlalicue Mictecacihuatl Mictlantecuhtli Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli Tlaloc Tlaltecuhtli Tlazolteotl Tonatiuh Xiuhtecuhtli Patrons of War Mixcoatl Tlaloc Xipe Totec Xiuhtecuhtli Patrons of Travellers Tlazolteotl Tonatiuh Xolotl Yacatecuhtli Zacatzontli Matron goddesses Chimalma Coatlicue Others Atlacoya Chalchiuhtlicue Chicomecoatl (Centeotl) Chimalma Cihuacoatl Cinteotl Cipactonal Citlalicue Citlalicue Coatlicue Coyolxauhqui Ehecatl Huehuecoyotl Itzpapalotl Itzpapalotlcihuatl Itzpapalotltotec Ixtlilton Macuiltochtli Mayahuel Metztli Mictecacihuatl Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Opochtli Oxomo Patecatl Piltzintecuhtli Temazcalteci (Toci) Tepeyollotl Tezcatzoncatl Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli Tlalcihuatl Tlaltecuhtli Tlazolteotl Tlilhua Toltecatl Tonatiuh Xantico Xiuhtecuhtli Xochipilli Xochiquetzal Xolotl Zacatzontli Groups Ahuiateteo Centzonmimixcoa Centzonhuitznahua Centzon Totochtin Cinteteo Cihuateteo Tianquiztli Tzitzimitl Places Aztlán Chicomoztoc Mictlan Tamoanchan Thirteen Heavens Tlalocan Tlillan-Tlapallan Tollan