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 religion and mythology

Primordials

Creator gods

Deities

Lords of the Night	Centeotl Chalchiuhtlicue Mictlantecuhtli Piltzintecuhtli Tepeyollotl Tezcatlipoca 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 Centeotl Chalchiuhtlicue Chicomecoatl (Centeotl) Chimalma Cihuacoatl Cipactonal Citlalicue Coatlicue Coyolxauhqui Ehecatl Huehuecoyotl Itzpapalotl Itzpapalotlcihuatl Itzpapalotltotec Ixtlilton Macuiltochtli Mayahuel Metztli Mictecacihuatl Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Opochtli Oxomoco Patecatl Piltzintecuhtli Temazcalteci (Toci) Tepeyollotl Tezcatzoncatl Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli Tlalcihuatl Tlaltecuhtli Tlazolteotl Tlilhua Toltecatl Tonatiuh Xantico Xiuhtecuhtli Xochipilli Xochiquetzal Xolotl Zacatzontli

Groups

Places

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