text: Quetzalcoatl was one of several important gods in the Aztec pantheon along with the gods Tlaloc , Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli .
simplified: Today Quetzalcoatl is arguably the best known Aztec deity but there were several other important Aztec gods too : Tlaloc , Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli .