Tlillan-Tlapallan

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Tlillan-Tlapallan {{IPA|nah|ˈt͡ɬilːan t͡ɬaˈpalːan|}} 'Place of the black and red colour' is a legendary place or region on the Gulf Coast of Mexico where king Quetzalcoatl went on his flight from Tollan in order to burn himself and change into the Morning Star.{{Cite journal |last=Declercq |first=Stan |date=January–June 2016 |title=Tlillan o el "Lugar de la negrura", un espacio sagrado del paisaje ritual mesoamericano |trans-title=Tlillan or the “Place of blackness”, a sacred space of the Mesoamerican ritual landscape |language=Spanish |url=https://www.academia.edu/34155662/tlillan_lugar_de_la_negrura_ECN_PDF_1_pdf |journal=Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl |issue=51 |pages=67–110 |access-date=20 August 2023 |via=Academia.edu }}

The tale can be found in an important 16th-century manuscript (the Codex Chimalpopoca) containing the Annals of Quauhtitlan. Written in Nahua, the text basically translates a pre-Spanish book. The tale also occurs in Bernardino de Sahagún's General History of the Things of New Spain. The name "Tlillan-Tlapallan" has been interpreted as referring to writing and books.