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Cē Ācatl Topiltzin
Cē Ācatl Topiltzin Quetzalcōātl (''Our Prince One-Reed Precious Serpent'') (13 May 895–947) is a mythologised figure appearing in 16th-century accounts of Nahua historical traditions, where he is identified as a ruler in the 10th century of the Toltecs— by Aztec tradition their predecessors who had political control of the Valley of Mexico and surrounding region several centuries before the Aztecs themselves settled there. In later generations, he was a cultural hero and figure of legend often confused or conflated with the important Mesoamerican deity Quetzalcoatl. According to legend in El Salvador, the city of Cuzcatlán (the capital city of the Pipil/Cuzcatlecs) was founded by the exiled Toltec Ce Acatl Topiltzin. Story Topiltzin Cē Ācatl Quetzalcōatl was the Lord of the Toltecs and their major city Tōllan. One version of the story is that he was born in the 10th century, during the year and day-sign "1 Acatl," correlated to date May 13 of the year 895 ...
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