Who Was Quetzalcoatl?

According to ancient Mexican stories, the Aztecs told the Spanish Conquistadors about a man they believed to be a god called Quetzalcoatl.  He reportedly arrived in Mexico by boat from a foreign land. They described him as a bearded white man who wore a robe with cross symbols embroidered on the front.

The Spaniards thought this legendary stranger might have been a castaway priest, St. Thomas, St. Brendon, or some other foreign Christian holy man. Interestingly, the Mormons also claim that Christ visited Mexico after his crucifixion. Now another theory pops up that evolves from that same time.  Some now believe that Quetzalcoatl was a Hindu priest who told the Toltec or Nahuatl-speaking people where he came from.

According to, Gene D. Matlock, author of  "The Aztec Quetzalcoatl - a Hindu Priest?" Quetzalcoatl lived in two places in his homeland: Tlapallan and Huapalcalli. Both of these places can be found on any map of India, right in the center of the country, in the present-day Indian state of Bihar.  The ancient capital of Bihar was Paliputra, the site of the third Buddhist conference held about 247 BC.  Eventually, Paliputra sank under water and the present city of Patna became the capital of Bihar.

Matlock wrote:  "Quetzalcoatl was also a 'Putra.' The Toltecs or Nahuatl-speaking people could not pronounce 'L.' Therefore, he was called 'Ixi-Ptla.' (X pronounced like SH). It meant 'image; idol; representation or skin of a god.' (See Garibay's Llave del Nahuatl). In Sanskrit, ISH or ISHA was the name of God Shiva...."  

Are these similarities just a coincidence?

According to Matlock:  "We know that Quetzalcoatl was associated with God Vishnu because of the eagle (Garuda) with a snake (Naga) in its beak. Evidently, Quetzalcoatl was a Naga or member of India's major commercial sailing caste. According to the Hindu holy books, the Nagas (snakes) settled in America, brought here by God Vishnu's Eagle Garuda, carrying them in its beak."

The Aztecs journeyed south to what is now Mexico City, following an eagle with a snake in its mouth. When the eagle landed at Lake Texcoco, the Aztecs built their final home there, and today the eagle with a snake in its beak (a symbol of the Hindu god Vishnu) dominates the flag of Mexico.

Even Hindu holy books speak of Quetzalcoatl!

 According to Marlock, Quetzalcoatl was known in India as the superior god Dyaus-Nahusha (Dionysius), a god well-versed in the arts of civilization whom all the other gods admired. The story goes like this:  One day the gods all decided that he should become emperor of heaven. At first Dionysius objected. Dionysius protested, saying that he was plagued by certain weaknesses of character, such as his love of women and liquor.  Like Greek gods, Hindu gods have human faults.  Dionysius pleaded that they elect Indra, who had been crucified on a cross at one time, as the King of Heaven. The gods were certain he would be conscientious enough to conquer his priapic cravings and thirst for fine alcoholic beverages, so Dionysius finally relented. After becoming king of heaven, however, his lust and craving for liquor took over and he got drunk and raped the wife of Indra and a philosopher-saint named Agastya. The enraged Agastya used his magic to turn Dionysius into a Naga (snake), ordering Garuda (Eagle) to take him to Patala. Matlock assumes that Dionysius was exiled to Patala because the Nagas had been sent there. In reality, he boarded a Naga ship bound for Mexico. Not only that, he assume that Dionysius was then called Quetzalcoatl (Plumed Serpent) and first settled in what are now the ruins of Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico.

Having visited Tula in 1968, my memory has definitely slipped quite a bit, but I do know that every legend surrounding Quetzalcoatl is that he was a man of refinement, intellect, and decency.  Could this be the same man that Matlock describes above?

According to legend, when Quetzalcoatl arrived in Mexico, the people were uncivilized, lacking in every aspect of culture, so he set out to teach them the arts of an advanced civilization. Horrified that they sacrificed victims to the god of the sun, Quetzalcoatl told the forbears of the Aztecs that if they wanted to make such tributes, they should sacrifice snakes, butterflies, and flowers, or better yet, they should make personal voluntarily sacrifices such as drawing blood from their tongues, ears, penises, and other bodily parts with nopal cactus spines. To prove his sincerity, Quetzalcoatl lashed himself to a St. Andrews Cross and burnt himself alive. In the Mayan version of Kukulkan, he lashed himself to a plain cross.

In my many visits to Mayaland, I was always told that the above personal sacrifices were made by Maya of the past.  Only when the Toltecs conquered the Maya did they degrade themselves to sacrificing human beings to offer up their living hearts to god. The Aztecs, however, always sacrificed people from the earliest times.

Reportedly, one of the things Quetzalcoatl taught the Toltecs was the art of making a fine liquor out of the Century (Maguey) plant, called pulque. One night, envious priests encouraged him to imbibe a great quantity of his own brew. Quetzalcoatl agreed and according to legend, he then raped his daughter. Quetzalcoatl's incest did not endear him to the Toltecs, so they banished him from Mexico. Quetzalcoatl left Mexico on a raft of snakes, somewhere off the coast of Veracruz, near the mountain Citlaltepetl (Mt. Orizaba). According to Matlock:   "In reality, the raft of snakes was just a Hindu ship with a prow in the form of a snake."  As he moved out to sea, Quetzalcoatl vowed to return to Mexico some day and re-establish his claim to the throne of Mexico.

MatIock said:  "I am particularly intrigued by the partially excavated archeological ruins of Calixtlahuaca in the Valley of Toluca, Mexico, near Mexico City. These impressive ruins justify my conviction that Mexico is the mystery center of North America. Calixtlahuaca was a ceremonial center dedicated to the worship of Quetzalcoatl. Furthermore, because the Nahuatl-speaking peoples couldn't pronounce 'R,' most people overlook the fact that CALIXT is really KRISHTA, the Turkic word for the double-headed eagle--their symbol for the sun god. As a matter of fact, clay stamps of the Krishta have been found in Calixtlahuaca. Words similar to 'Huaca,' such as Vac, Bak, etc. connote a sacred place in nearly all Amerindian societies, extending from Arizona down to and including South America. It probably derives from the Sanskrit Bhaga, meaning 'deity or place.'"

Note: If you are intrigued enough to do further study, you may want to check out the following books:

'What Strange Mystery Unites the Turkish Nations, India, Catholicism, and Mexico?, by Gene D. Matllock

Jesus Christ-Sun of God, by David Fideler.
Suns of God-Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled,  by Acharya S.
The Healing Sun, by Richard Hobday.
Cause, Principle and Unity, by Giordano Bruno.
Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition, by Francis A. Yates.

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