The following represents the application of the white man/god myth in literature and film.
The texts or narratives include:
Haggard's Montezuma's Daughter
Haggard's Virgin of the Sun
Herzog's Aguirre Wrath of God
Todorov's The Conquest of America
Cohen's The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Colonial/Encounter literature
 

Components that deal with man	Components that deal with conflict	Components that deal with an oracle or prophecy or prediction
Thomas Wingfield shipwrecked in MD Hubert shipwrecked in VoS Children cover their eyes when Hubert appears Aguirre, Wrath of God: Indian welcomes the Spanish as part of a prophecy Columbus meets with the leaders of Caribbean tribes and looks for information; Cortes does the same thing	Aztecs/Otomie versus the Spanish in, respectively, MD and VoS Inca versus Chanca in VoS Arawak and the Taino vs. the Spanish in Columbus Conflicts based on technology: cannons (other world) Todorov: Montezuma and signs; Cortes reads the emperour's character	Wingfield appears as Aztec god-Tezcat Hubert appears as Lord from the Sea Columbus appears as god from the sky Aguirre, Wrath of God: Spanish perceived as god  (same as Column 1) Aguirre, Wrath of God: Spanish creation of myth: ownership of land through writing? VoS:Prophecy of Wave flame Columbus, Todorov, Aguirre, Wrath of God: Spanish Spreading of gospel Todorov: Cortes is received as god Indian Emperour: sighting of ships High Priest: Prophecy of bearded men coming

Common features:
Natives have prophecy
Myth involves men who are white
Men land in the New World
Men are read as gods