Word: queztal
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Digger Brewer's discoveries had led him to a striking conclusion: in their flight from the Norsemen, the Moundbuilders pressed south into Mexico, where they were later known as the Aztecs. He cited as evidence of a Norse influence upon the Aztecs the latter's god Queztal or Votan, "a white god . . . from the east across the sea," who may have been the Odin or Wodin of the Norsemen; also, human sacrifice among the Aztecs (not practiced by pre-Norse Moundbuilders). Finally, Mr. Brewer has completed the interpretation of the famed Aztec Calendar Stone, partially interpreted by Professor...
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