This can be seen particularly in the story of Quetzalcoatl, whom Ethan Smith described as “the most mysterious being of the whole Mexican mythology,” the white, bearded Aztec god who taught his people their prized peaceful arts and for whose return the Aztecs were hoping when Cortes appeared. Ethan Smith described Quetzalcoatl as “a type of Christ,” but Joseph saw in the legend evidence that Christ Himself had come to the New World[12]
