Hernan Cortes Influence On Mayan Culture

Civilization in the western hemisphere existed long before Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. The customs, language, and religion was different then the Europeans. The Aztecs were the ones who came in contact with the Europeans. Their history lasted from 1300-1521 CE. The Mayan society was from the year 200-900 CE.
Hernan Cortes along with the Spanish army of five hundred, and thousands of Indian warriors declared war with the Aztecs. Moctezuma believed that the person coming towards his land was Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl who was forced into exile, but promised to return. Topiltzin was born in the year ce acatl, departed during ce acatl. Coincedently Cortes came in the year of ce acatl, unfortunately for Moctezuma having his guards down and his arms open during the start of the war.
The Mayan interpretation of the cosmos included a plethora of gods: some benevolent, others malignant; some unattainable, others close at hand. Defining past,
Tonalli is the source of energy, the original or the strongest source of energy comes from Ometeotl the supreme dual god. The teyolia was the human heart much more closer to a person. People thought that priests, and artists had more teyolia because of how gifted they were. A man gets into a motorcycle accident, and dreams that he is in the past being with the Aztecs. Reincarnation was a strong belief, and this man could have been a bad person therefore he did get injured in the motorcycle accident and did suffer, this suffering could be his underworld. This person had an abundant amount of tonalli because he was seriously injured but had the energy to get up from that accident. The mans teyolia did travel to the world of the dead and was reincarnated into a man in the 20th century. Time travel was believed in Mesoamerica, their thoughts were that people can see and go to the