I'm pretty sure it's romantic :)
I believe the correct answer is gods.
When Cortés first arrived with his army to
Tenochtitlan, the capital of Aztec empire, Motecuhzoma II Xocoyotzi, the ninth ruler,
believed Cortés to be the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, whom they credited with the
creation of humans among other notable feats, was set to return to Earth.
