Fair Gods and feathered serpents : a search for ancient America's bearded white God

Everywhere they went in the New World, missionaries, trappers, colonizers and conquistadores encountered strange stories of a bearded white visitor who came in ancient times and brought a higher civilization with him. "Fair Gods and Feathered Serpents" reviews intriguing legends and archaeological evidence from myriad American cultures to discover the identity of this mysterious fair god, called by various tribes and cultures Quetzalcoatl, Kukulcan, Wiracocha, Votan, Ioskeha, Paye-tome, Bochica, Wixepecocha, and many more. Was he a Viking, a Welshman, an Irish Monk, Celtic, Oriental, Roman, Greek or Egyptian. Or is there some other answer to the mystery? Carefully researched and documented, but written for the layman as well as the scholar, this exciting book will lead readers along the fascinating path of discovery, insight and deduction as it attempts to solve the most baffling riddle ever produced by the ancient Americas--the identify of its mysterious bearded white visitor. Page 63 and 64: The traditions of Itzamna and followers from across the sea are very old and vague. Still, what exists closely parallels that of yet another intriguing culture hero of the Yucatan area, Votan, the most prominent deity of die Taendal Wins. a branch of the Maya hying in ana Tabasco. Written down by a native in the Taendal tongue from a tradition supposedly recorded in a remote period by Votan himself. the unomal and often wildly speculative story came to Fray Francisco Nunez de La Vega and was publihshed in Rome in 1690. Said to be a man of great wisdom and culture. and born in a distant land, Votan was sent to the Americas from across the Eastern seas by "Divine Command." Finding the people in a barbarous state he laid out the foundations for civilization and the various languages. He built the great cities and gave the people civil laws, religious ceremonies, and the calendar. From his native home he brought (or was later followed by) disciples wearing long, flowing robes who assisted him in his work. An unpublished work by Fuentes, a Guatemalan historian. declans that Votan kept a record of the origin of the native races which he passed on to guardians who deposited them underground for safe keeping. He was one of four brothers who were originally the common ancestors of the southwestern branch of the Maya family. This story parallels somewhat the account given Sahagun that not all of the wise men left the shores. ''But four remained of the old men, the wise men" Worshiped an a god, or mediator between man and god, his name means "heart." and he was called the “heart of the people." who honored him with sacrifices and continually blazing fires. The first to be identified with the serpent, he ruled for many years, during which time he made four journeys back across the sea to visit his native land." Everywhere they went in the New World, missionaries, trappers, colonizers and conquistadores encountered strange stories of a bearded white visitor who came in ancient times and brought a higher civilization with him. "Fair Gods and Feathered Serpents" reviews intriguing legends and archaeological evidence from myriad American cultures to discover the identity of this mysterious fair god, called by various tribes and cultures Quetzalcoatl, Kukulcan, Wiracocha, Votan, Ioskeha, Paye-tome, Bochica, Wixepecocha, and many more. Was he a Viking, a Welshman, an Irish Monk, Celtic, Oriental, Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Phoenician, Israelite, or Christian? Was he Jesus Christ? Or is there some other answer to the mystery? Carefully researched and documented, but written for the layman as well as the scholar, this exciting book will lead readers along the fascinating path of discovery, insight and deduction as it attempts to solve the most baffling riddle ever produced by the ancient Americas--the identify of its mysterious bearded white visitor.