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 human feelings. Hence, the Sun was a manifestation of this immeasurable power, but also water, wind, earth, mountains, lightning, fire. It is not that they were "gods", but various manifestations of the same reality. As in the Catholic religion there are many virgins, but all are Virgin Mary avocations. The pigeon repeatedly found in paintings, sculptures, stained glass or metal, may be another example. Catholics do not "worship" the Dove. It is only an accepted symbol by all, of a more profound and abstract concept, as is the Holy Spirit.

For people commoners, for "macehuales", for "the wing and tail", the Quetzalcoatl and Tlaloc symbols were immediate representations of the creative force, the supreme divinity. Symbols used by the people to guide their ethical and moral senses. To strengthen customs and tradition. Surely it was this third level of religious conception what allowed the old grandparents have social community life in harmony and peace, for over ten centuries, while allowing knowledge development of the venerable Toltec teachers that "worked", in what we know today as archaeological sites.

There is a common historical memory shared by all Anahuac peoples regarding their origin. Further reviewed in the philosophy chapter, but it is worth pointing out the existence of a series of shared histories in one way or another by the peoples of the Anahuac, such as: Earth creation, the divine twins, the Suns legend, the struggle between Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca, the first divine couple and their four children, the pilgrimage in search of a promised land.