The name "Quetzalcoatl" itself is derived from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, combining "quetzal," referring to the colorful bird renowned ... feathered serpent god. According to Aztec ...

Xiuhtecuhtli, whose name means "turquoise lord" in the Nahuatl language, was the Aztec "new fire" god. The Aztecs kept a "holy fire" continuously burning in the Fire Temple at Tenochtitlan ...