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Here is the third movement of Prophecies. This was the Aztecs great feather serpent god. He was a Creator god, the god of twins, the god of the Evening and Morning Star, protector of craftsman, a rain maker as well as a fire-bringer, teacher of the finer arts, and the god of twins. As Echecatl, he was the god of winds. Furthermore, he is know as the god that created the calender.

Often, he was seen soaring throughout the sky creating a rainbow. Occasionally, he would take the form of a man or the sun, and eclipses were said to be caused by the Earth Serpent swallowing him.

The Quetzalcoatl was opposed to regular human sacrifices. So much so that when the god of war, Tezcatlipoca, appeared and asked for sacrifices, the Quetzalcoatl tried to dissaude others from agreeing to it. He failed, however, and decieded to leave.

How and where the Quetzalcoatl left has a bit of mystery to it. There are different variations of this tale. In one version, it is said that he proceed to the Gulf of Mexico and there burned his body. After which, he was reborn as the planet Venus.

The Quetzalcoatl tried to save man from man and other bloodthirsty gods. When this failed, he left. The story of the Quetzalcoatl shows how the Aztecs looked upon life in general, especially their outake on war.

In Prophecies, he returns to oppose the evils. His arrival marks the beginning of the rebirth. In other words, the recreation of life after the universal destruction.