Lord 9 Wind

Mixtec culture hero in Codex Vindobonensis. The opening sequence presents his descent and separation of sky, waters and earth; the Apoala tree-born ancestors appear later in the manuscript.

Names and tradition associations

• Quetzalcoatl Aztec/Mexica · resolvedComparative navigation between the two recorded feathered-serpent portrayals. No parentage is transferred.H. B. Nicholson, Ehecatl Quetzalcoatl vs. Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl of Tollan (1979; reprint Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl 59, 2020), pp. 213–220: imagery, ruler identification and Telleriano-Remensis fols. 8r, 10r–v (secondary)

Variant accounts

• parentage correctionPowell distinguishes 9 Wind’s flint birth on page 49 from the later Apoala tree birth; the reviewed reading does not name Lord and Lady 1 Deer as his parents.Christopher Powell, The Creation and Ordering of the Mixtec World, pp. 2–3, interpreting Vindobonensis 49–37 (secondary)
• flint-birth-not-tree-birthPowell reads page 49 as an unnamed celestial couple producing a flint that gives birth to 9 Wind. This differs from the later Apoala tree birth. The legacy Lord/Lady 1 Deer parent edges are not validated by this reading.Christopher Powell, The Creation and Ordering of the Mixtec World, pp. 2–3, interpreting Vindobonensis 49–37 (secondary)
• source review correctionThe reviewed manuscript discussion supports the calendar name 9 Wind. The legacy indigenous spelling and automatic name-equation are not validated here; comparative links retain the distinct target.Christopher Powell, The Creation and Ordering of the Mixtec World, pp. 2–3, interpreting Vindobonensis 49–37 (secondary); John Pohl, Ancient Books: Mixtec Group Codices, discussion of Vindobonensis obverse 52–23 (secondary)
• source review correctionThe opening flint-birth and descent sequence must not be conflated with the later Apoala tree-born ancestors.Christopher Powell, The Creation and Ordering of the Mixtec World, pp. 2–3, interpreting Vindobonensis 49–37 (secondary); John Pohl, Ancient Books: Mixtec Group Codices, discussion of Vindobonensis obverse 52–23 (secondary)
• source review correctionLegacy collective claim not established by the reviewed birth sequence; calendar names require individual identification.Christopher Powell, The Creation and Ordering of the Mixtec World, pp. 2–3, interpreting Vindobonensis 49–37 (secondary)

Powers

• Carries water down from heaven
• Lights the first New Fire
• Lifts the sky and the waters

Epithets

• Koo Sau (9 Wind) latin · 9 Wind · codexNine Wind, the Mixtec Plumed Serpent; the culture-hero who descended from the sky bearing civilizationCodex Vienna (Vindobonensis Mexicanus 1) (primary)
• Koo Sau Mixtec · Koo Sau · cultRain Serpent (the Plumed Serpent / whirlwind)M. E. R. G. N. Jansen and G. A. Perez Jimenez, Encounter with the Plumed Serpent (2007) (secondary)

Relations

• disputed kinship: Other second-generation Apoala-emergent figures (Lord 7 Flower, Lord 4 Snake, etc.) born to Lord 1 Deer and Lady 1 Deer; collectively the founder-pantheon of the Mixteca-Alta · MixtecLegacy collective claim not established by the reviewed birth sequence; calendar names require individual identification.Christopher Powell, The Creation and Ordering of the Mixtec World, pp. 2–3, interpreting Vindobonensis 49–37 (secondary)
• iconographic comparison: QuetzalcoatlShared iconography is a comparison, not proof of personal identity.Alfonso Caso, Reyes y reinos de la Mixteca (1977-79); Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I (Yuta Tnoho); Miller & Taube (1993) (secondary); H. B. Nicholson, Ehecatl Quetzalcoatl vs. Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl of Tollan (1979; reprint Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl 59, 2020), pp. 213–220: imagery, ruler identification and Telleriano-Remensis fols. 8r, 10r–v (secondary)
• comparison under review: KukulkanThe legacy comparative claim remains a research question. The reviewed Mixtec reading establishes the local narrative but does not establish identity with this other named figure.Miller & Taube (1993); Elizabeth Boone, Stories in Red and Black (2000) (secondary); Christopher Powell, The Creation and Ordering of the Mixtec World, pp. 2–3, interpreting Vindobonensis 49–37 (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Codex Vindobonensis, obverse pp. 51-32 (primary); Codex Zouche-Nuttall pp. 18-19 (primary); Codex Bodley pp. 1-2 (primary); Burgoa, Geográfica Descripción (1674) (primary)
• identification-with-Aztec-Quetzalcoatl: Jansen & Pérez Jiménez, Encounter with the Plumed Serpent (2007) (secondary); Pohl, Politics of Symbolism (1994) (secondary)
• Mixtec culture hero in Codex Vindobonensis. The opening sequence presents his descent and separation of sky, waters and earth; the Apoala tree-born ancestors appear later in the manuscript.: John Pohl, Ancient Books: Mixtec Group Codices, discussion of Vindobonensis obverse 52–23 (secondary)