Motif
older deity displaced or opposed by later deity
older_deity_displaced_or_opposed_by_later_deity
A motif of the Divine Race and Arrival of the Gods family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
nahua maya inca
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The Myths of Mexico & Peru CHAPTER PAGE / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / CHAPTER I: THE CIVILISATION OF MEXICO / CHAPTER II: MEXICAN MYTHOLOGY; lines 2751-2836 confidence: medium
Quetzalcoatl is interpreted as the Man of the Sun who leaves his abode to teach early civilizing arts, completes his mission, and is later displaced by invading-race deities.
Quetzalcoatl is described as displaced by deities of an invading race and as opposed by Tezcatlipoca, a later Nahua god; a similar opposition to Itzamna is suggested.
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