Dêsirè Charnay believes that he has found in the ruins of Tula the bones of swine, sheep, oxen, and horses, in a fossil state, indicating an immense antiquity.
"From the distant East, from the fabulous Hue Hue Tlapalan, this mysterious person came to Tula, and became the patron god and high-priest of the ancestors of the Toltecs.
In the accompanying cut of an ancient vase from Tula, we see a bearded figure grasping a beardless man.
Meanwhile at Tula (this is the same Tula referred to in the Central American legends), at THAT ISLAND, Nana-Bush (the great hare Nana) becomes the ancestor of beings and men.
Being born creeping, he is ready to move and dwell at Tula.
swimming afloat, asking which is the way to the turtle-back, Tula-pin.
Ignatius Donnelly, in Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882), Part V, Chapter I, reports Toltec religion and cross use through Dêsirè Charnay’s Tula notes:
Dêsirè Charnay believes that he has found in the ruins of Tula the bones of swine, sheep, oxen, and horses, in a fossil state, indicating an immense antiquity.
Donnelly’s Tula and paradise-river cross claims are the diffusion research layer.
They do not prove that Tekthah’s Cross was dug at Tula.
The term "City of Light" or "Tulan" in the context of Mesoamerican mythology and history often refers to Tollan, also known as Tula, which was the capital of the Toltec civilization.
"Tollan" or "Tula" means "Place of Reeds" in Nahuatl, which is a symbolic name often used to describe major city centers or legendary places in Mesoamerican mythology.
Tonatlan seems to be a less commonly known name and might be a specific variation or interpretation in certain historical or mythological texts, but it generally ties back to the legendary city of Tollan/Tula, known as the City of Light.
Atlantis, a name recorded in various permutations by hundreds of cultures, has been called: Antilla, Amenti, Arallu, Attala, Atvantika, Aztlan, Azatlan, Atlantia, Atli, Asgard, Avalon, Arcadia, Arktos, Agartha, Shangri-la, Hyperborea, Tula, Rutas, Thule, Hesperides, Hy-Brasil, to mention a few.