Votan
Where each worldview places it
In Hall, a culture hero who came from the east by God's command and declared himself a snake. He founded the Votanic Empire at Palenque and built the subterranean House of Darkness. He was an adept "of ancient secret schools, possibly Atlantean", and legend makes him Noah's grandson[1]. He is associated with the mysteries of Xibalba[2].
- Aliases
- Voten
- Controls / directs
- founded the Votanic Empirecreated the House of Darkness[1]
- Answers to / controlled by
- member of the Atlantean schools (possibly)[1]
- Lineage
- descended from Chan and from Noah (legend); his serpent-emblem descendants gave Quetzalcoatl his first followers[1]
- Dates
- ancient[1]
- Places
- PalenqueMexico
- Key events
- colonial period: Bishop Nunez de la Vega destroys his book[1]
- Members / notable people
- Guardians (of Votan's records)[1]
- Author's claims
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