Cē Ācatl Topiltzin Quetzalcōātl [seː ˈaːkat͡ɬ toˈpilt͡sin ket͡salˈkoːʷaːt͡ɬ] (Our Prince One-Reed Precious Serpent) (13 May 895–947) is a mythologised figure appearing in 16th-century accounts of Nahua historical traditions. He is identified as a Toltec ruler in the 10th century by the Aztec tradition, which saw the Toltec people as their ruling predecessor of the region several centuries before the Aztecs settled on the central high plateau of Mexico.
In later generations, he was a cultural hero and figure of legend often confused or conflated with the important Mesoamerican deity Quetzalcoatl. According to legend in El Salvador, the city of Cuzcatlán (the capital city of the Pipil/Cuzcatlecs) was founded by the exiled Toltec Ce Acatl Topiltzin.
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