Was it the Maya or the Aztec that waited some 2000 years for ?

Question

...some old guy to come back?

What ever happened with that?
Did he ever return to them?

Answer 1

I red something about this in the "Fingerprints of the Gods" by Graham Hancock, but as far as I remember the Incas waited for this man, altough he was present in the Aztec and Maya cultures too. This man was a god, called Viracocha (at the Incas he was one of the most important deities) or Quetzalcoatl, Kon Tiki, etc. in the Aztec culture. Surprisingly, this god was a white man with beard, while the native Americans have a dark skin and they don't have beard. So this is a very strange aspect, because it means that there was a connection between America and the other parts of the world befor the time accepted by history (15th century). Viracocha was also a man who came from a different part of the world and brought technology to the Incas. He helped them to bulid Machu Pichu, Cuzco (the capital of the Inca Empire) and Graham Hancock discovered a similarity between the buildings from these cities and the pyramids from Egypt: the same big stones, the same building technology. He also noticed that on the island from the middle of lake Titicaca people made and still make boats in the Egyptian style........ There are many other similarities between these cultures, but the most important fact is the early connection between them. The author also suggests that Viracocha and his men were part of an extremely developed civilization which dissapeared and which probably lived on Antarctica 17.000 years ago, when this continent was situated with 6.000 km towards north; this means that in that period Antarcica was not covered by ice (this is a scientific fact), the climate was totally different from today, and it had perfect conditions for the development of a society. Viracocha probably left this place when it started to be covered with ice, searching for another place to live.
In one legend, Viracocha had one son, Inti and two daughters, Mama Quilla and Pachamama. In this legend, he destroyed the people around Lake Titicaca with a Great Flood called Unu Pachakuti, saving two to bring civilization to the rest of the world, these two beings are Manco Capac, the son of Inti (sometimes taken as the son of Viracocha), which name means "splendid foundation", and Mama Ocllo, which means "mother fertility". These two founded the Inca civilization carrying a golden staff, called ‘tapac-yauri’. In another legend, he fathered the first eight civilized human beings. In some stories, he has a wife called Mama Cocha.
In another legend, Viracocha (The Creator) had two sons - Imahmana Viracocha and Tocapo Virachocha. After the Great Flood and the Creation, Viracocha sent his sons to visit the tribes to the Northeast and Northwest to determine if they still obeyed his commandments. Viracocha himself traveled North. During their journey, Imaymana and Tocapo gave names to all the trees, flowers, fruits and herbs. They also taught the tribes which of these were edible, which had medicinal properties, and which were poisonous. Eventually, Viracocha, Tocapo and Imahmana arrived at Cuzco (in modern day Peru) and the seacoast where they walked across the water until they disappeared. The word "Viracocha" literally means "Sea Foam." According to the Inca legend, god Viracocha will return from the sea. This is one reason why the Incas were conquered: they thought that the conquistadors were gods (they were similar to Viraocha- with white skin and beard) and so they treated them with respect, not knowing their real intentions.
Graham Hancock has speculated that Viracocha was in some way related to Quetzalcoatl, a deity of the Aztecs. While the mythology of the two deities is quite similar, many respected Aztec historians, archeologists, anthropologists, and other Aztec experts do not agree, mostly due to a lack of orthodox historical evidence.
Viracocha never returned......


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Answer 2

They did not vanish. There are probably more Maya living now than there were at the height of their classical or later period. They were not conquered by the Spanish 1000 years ago or by the Aztecs. Their civilisation declined fairly quickly, possibly because of over population and over farming based on too few crops wrecking soil fertility. This always means a drop in population as people tend to have fewer surviving children when things get really tough over a few hundred years. The last Maya kingdoms actually defeated the Spanish in a couple of short wars, for example at Chichen Itza but eventually lost to them in the early 1600s. The Spanish exploited rivalries among the local kings to do this.

Answer 3

It was the Aztec.

It should be a lesson. The Aztec leader, thinking that the Spaniards fulfilled the prophesy, allowed the spaniards to destroy their civilization and culture.

Serious belief of prophesies, especially religious ones, have generally caused more harm than good.

Answer 4

Quetzalcoatl was an Aztec God, they were waiting for his return when Cortez showed up somewhat looking similar to him, so they thought he had returned and everything went down hill from there.
No Quetzalcoatl NEVER returned to them!

Answer 5

Nopes.

Answer 6

IT would be the Christians....we're still waiting for Jesus.

Answer 7

got lost

Answer 8

ha ha very good point!