Bloodthirsty, warrior giants which came from far across the sea? Or was it the underworld? Perhaps they were more like monsters with a single leg, arm, and eye?
The jenglot is a creature found in Indonesia. It resembles a tiny humanoid doll, and seems to be a creature from modern times, as the first reports of the jenglot’s existence were made in 1997.
The bizarre Cortes-as-Quetzalcoatl myth persists because it was actually a beneficial story both for the Spanish Conquistadors and the Aztec descendants.