Talk:White gods

Is the term actually used?

I just did a quick google scholar search, which I realize is not the be all and end all, and have not found any references to this term (used in the context described in the article). Dbrodbeck (talk) 12:43, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

From google scholar you get:

Link by C Townsend - The American Historical Review "Burying the White Gods: New Perspectives on the Conquest of Mexico".

Michael Shermer also claims the ideas are based on psuedoscience see The Skeptic: encyclopedia of Pseudoscience, "white god legends", Michael Shermer, ABC-CLIO, 2002

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke mentions White Gods in many of his books and how Atlantis and White Supremacists have used it.

Donald Mackenzie an expert on mythology, has written about White Gods

Liveintheforests (talk) 14:22, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

After looking through the first article, it does not seem to be using the term in the way the article does. It is (clearly) though using the term as a reference to the idea that the white men were seen as gods (and the debunking of that notion). I mean more in the context of the 'ancient visitors' kind of thing. Dbrodbeck (talk) 14:33, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

There is a group of books which contain many references in ancient literature for "White Gods" visiting South America, i do not own these books but my brother has lent me them, so i will read over them tonight and search for any references. Liveintheforests (talk) 15:55, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

This book has many references in it it's been removed from the article but i will have to look through this book more, im sure he has many ancient texts quoted [1] Terry J. O'Brien, Fair Gods and Feathered Serpents: A Search for Ancient America's Bearded White God, 1997, See Chapter 6 pp. 95 - 111

Furneaux is not 'authors', what does he actually say? Dougweller (talk) 16:39, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

As for ancient texts, you can't interpret those yourself, you need to find sources. Dougweller (talk) 16:43, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Please see here The Bearded White Gods of Ancient America Liveintheforests (talk) 17:17, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Which is one reason why it's such a dreadful book - the things he says about Quatzalcoatl simply aren't accurate (nor is the implicit idea that North or South American Indians were hairless). Even other Mormons think it's rubbish. [2] Dougweller (talk) 17:32, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

What is the mainstream view of Quatzalcoatl then? What is the mainstream view of his race? Every person i have spoken to has told me that Quatzalcoatl was light skinned. Liveintheforests (talk) 17:39, 15 June 2011 (UTC)