Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec name, comes from the Nahuatl ... wouldn’t begin to feel a little like a god? Considering the long pedigree of feathered serpent iconography on everything from pottery ...

By night, among the peons, the old gods stir, the Aztec gods. Quetzalcoatl, the bird-snake, is come again from “the cave which is called the Dark Eye, behind the sun,” where the waters rise ...

Listening to the sounds of buskers in the heart of Mexico City today, beating Aztec-style drums and wearing feathers and body paint, [I know that] these buskers are not just trying to entertain ...