Using the image and quote below, why did the Aztecs believe that Cortes was a god? The Aztec representations of Quetzalcoatl depicted him as a tall and bearded white male that headed for the sea and sailed toward the sun but legend said one day he would return to the Aztec people, coincidentally, that year the first Spaniards arrived on the very coast by which Quetzalcoatl disappeared.

the Spanish told them he was a god

they believed he was Quetzalcoatl returning to them as legend foretold

all Europeans were viewed as gods

the Aztecs were simple people with little knowledge about things