{"id":3244,"date":"2026-09-28T20:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/?p=3244"},"modified":"2026-10-11T13:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:06:16","slug":"ketzalkoatl-looked-at-cortez-and-laughed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/ketzalkoatl-looked-at-cortez-and-laughed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketzalkoatl looked at Cortez and Laughed"},"content":{"rendered":"

ketzalkoatl<\/span><\/p>\n

ketzal= beautiful\/precious<\/span><\/p>\n

koatl= snake, wisdom, vibration<\/span><\/p>\n

waves of energy that are everything<\/span><\/p>\n

a manifestation of teotl<\/span><\/p>\n

teotl, which is NOT a god<\/span><\/p>\n

teotl is energy<\/span><\/p>\n

everything is energy<\/span><\/p>\n

ketzalkoatl has many eyes on many heads<\/span><\/p>\n

ketzalkoatl, ket-zal-ko-atl<\/span><\/p>\n

four syllables, like the four elements<\/span><\/p>\n

ketzalkoatl looking through eyes and elements<\/span><\/p>\n

sees that colonizer historians misnamed the Mexika “Aztecs”<\/span><\/p>\n

two hundred years too late<\/span><\/p>\n

and claim that the Mexika thought Cort\u00e9s was Ketzalkoatl<\/span><\/p>\n

If ketzalkoatl had a body,<\/span><\/p>\n

she would roll around on the ground, laughing<\/span><\/p>\n

The former Aztecs of Aztlan, aka: Aztl\u00e1n<\/span><\/p>\n

(Present-day four corners region of the U.S.A)<\/span><\/p>\n

became Mexika when they arrived<\/span><\/p>\n

to an eagle on a cactus on a lake (no snake)<\/span><\/p>\n

where they built Mexiko-Tenochtitlan by 1325<\/span><\/p>\n

had an accurate solar calendar<\/span><\/p>\n

that puts the 1582 Gregorian calendar to shame<\/span><\/p>\n

they knew all the planets and constellations<\/span><\/p>\n

had medicine and surgeons<\/span><\/p>\n

built a city with libraries, universities, baths<\/span><\/p>\n

even agriculture: chinampas on Lake Texcoco<\/span><\/p>\n

but these so-called historians<\/span><\/p>\n

claim that the Mexika thought Cort\u00e9s was Ketzalkoatl<\/span><\/p>\n

…right<\/span><\/p>\n

The legendary Ketzalkoatl<\/span><\/p>\n

(who may have been light skinned)<\/span><\/p>\n

would never have returned so smelly!<\/span><\/p>\n

Who would ever confuse Cort\u00e9s with a god anyway?!<\/span><\/p>\n

Who would even make up such a dumb story?<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do they write this in books?<\/span><\/p>\n

People who believe those lies<\/span><\/p>\n

are already empty-headed or racist<\/span><\/p>\n

so it wasn\u2019t really necessary<\/span><\/p>\n

And the rest of us just roll our eyes<\/span><\/p>\n

But Ketzalkoatl, if she had a body<\/span><\/p>\n

would roll around on the ground, laughing<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Elizabeth Jim\u00e9nez Montelongo is a poet, visual artist, and education facilitator whose work is informed by her Indigenous ancestry, Mesoamerican philosophy, Mexika & Mixtec art, Mexican culture, Raza history, and her experiences as a Chicana. <\/span><\/span>Her poetry is published widely in journals and anthologies, while her paintings have been featured in over seventy exhibitions across the country. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Editorial Xingao published her book,\u00a0<\/span>Breathe Liberaci\u00f3n<\/i><\/span>. She earned a BFA in Pictorial Art and a BA in French from San Jos\u00e9 State University, served as Creative Ambassador of the San Jos\u00e9 Office of Cultural Affairs, and was selected as Creative Corps Initiative grantee by California Arts Council and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. <\/span><\/span>She serves as a Board Member of Poetry Center San Jos\u00e9 and is the Founder of La Ra\u00edz Magazine.\u00a0www.ejmontelongo.com\/poetry<\/span><\/a> IG:<\/span><\/span>@elizabethjimenezmontelongo<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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