LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
INTRODUCTION
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Question
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tenochtitlan
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Pizarro
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Quetzalcoatl
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Detailed explanation-1: -An unnerving series of coincidences led Montezuma to believe that perhaps Cortés was the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, who had promised to return one day to reclaim his kingdom. Quetzalcoatl, “the feathered serpent, ‘’ stood for the solar light, the morning star. He symbolized knowledge, arts, and religion.
Detailed explanation-2: -Much has been made of the Aztecs’ “superstitious” belief that Cortés was a god, and that Montezuma was paralysed with fear by a series of omens predicting the downfall of the city.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Aztec emperor, Moctezuma II, invited the Spanish into his city for two main reasons: he was curious about them and he didn’t see them as a threat. He allowed them to stay in the city for so long because the Spaniards actually kidnapped him and held him hostage.