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CHAPTER III

right-hand corner of this sheet he is depicted in a precisely similar manner.

FORMS OF QUETZALCOATL.

Quetzalcoatl’s Dress sent to Cortéz.—When Cortéz landed at Vera Cruz, Motecuhzoma, believing him to be the god Quetzalcoatl returned, sent him “the dress that was appropriate to him.”69 This consisted of four costumes, that of Quetzalcoatl proper,

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