Codex drawings pictured both Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl wearing an ehēcacōzcatl around the neck. This talisman was a conch shell cut at the cross-section and was likely worn as a necklace by religious rulers, as such objects have been discovered in burials in archaeological sites throughout Mesoamerica, and potentially symbolized patterns witnessed in hurricanes, dust devils, seashells, and whirlpools, which were elemental forces that had significance in Aztec mythology. Quetzalcoatl wears around his neck the breastplate ehēcacōzcatl, "the spirally voluted wind jewel". Two other gods represented by the planet Venus are Tlaloc (ally and the god of rain) and Xolotl ( psychopomp and its twin). He was one of several important gods in the Aztec pantheon, along with the gods Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli. He was also the patron god of the Aztec priesthood. Among the Aztecs, he was related to wind, Venus, Sun, merchants, arts, crafts, knowledge, and learning. Quetzalcoatl ( / ˌ k ɛ t s əl k oʊ ˈ æ t əl/ ) is a deity in Aztec culture and literature. Quetzalcoatl as depicted in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis
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