Quetzalcoatl

(noun)

The feathered serpent deity that appears in carvings at Tula and also in much later buildings and mythology in the Aztec Empire.

Related Terms

Examples of Quetzalcoatl in the following topics:

  • The Toltecs

    • This fourth sun immediately precedes the fifth sun of the Aztec people, which was prophesied to be presided over by Quetzalcoatl.

  • Aztec Religion

    • Quetzalcoatl – The feathered serpent god that represented the morning star, wind, and life.

  • The Decline of the Maya

    • Built by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization sometime between the 9th and 12th centuries CE, El Castillo served as a temple to the god Kukulkan, the Yucatec Maya Feathered Serpent deity closely related to the god Quetzalcoatl known to the Aztecs and other central Mexican cultures of the Postclassic period.