He is one of the four cardinal points in the aztec religion.When cortes and his crew of spaniards came ashore in mexico in 1519, many thought they were gods.His name means feathered serpent in nahuatl, the aztec language, and he was.A mix of bird and rattlesnake, his name is a combination of the nahuatl words quetzal (the emerald plumed bird) and coatl (serpent).With his opposite tezcatlipoca he created the world.
He was worshiped among all the major cultures of the mesoamerican region through history.Quetzalcoatl is a mesoamerican god whose name literally means feathered serpent.From his name and various associations, it is apparent that he was a god of culture, law, learning, and civilization.Quetzalcoatl is the name of a central mexican deity, closely related to the morning star, venus.As the story goes, the aztec believed in a white, bearded god named quetzalcoatl, who, long ago, had disappeared into the east.
In some versions of the ancient mesoamerican histories, quetzalcoatl was reborn as tlahuizcalpantecuhtli after being burned on a funeral pyre.The aztec god quetzalcoatl, also known as kukulcan by the mayans, was one of the major deities of mesoamerica and was the main deity in aztec culture.He was also venerated as the creator of mankind and earth in the aztec pantheon.Those bones he anointed with his own blood, giving birth to the men who inhabit the present universe.Quetzalcoatl is also called white tezcatlipoca, to contrast him to the black tezcatlipoca.
He is the 9th of the 13 lords of the day and is often.Quetzalcoatl, or feathered serpent, was an important god to the ancient people of mesoamerica.
The Myth of Quetzalcoatl: Religion, Rulership, and History in the Nahua World
Working from a wide variety of previously neglected documentary sources, incorporating myth, archaeology, and the ethnography of contemporary Native Americans including non-Nahua peoples, LA3pez Austin ...
Temple of Quetzalcoatl
EhA(C)catl was a wind god sometimes depicted as a version of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent who had already been worshipped in central Mexico for more than 1,000 years by the time Tenochtitlan ...
Title: Quetzalcoatl Incarnate
My inspiration is the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. He is the god of the sky and of creation and is thought to have discovered chocolate which is why I've chosen him as the basis of my design.
Title: Quetzalcoatl dress
The feathered head idea and snakes going up the steps of a Mexican temple, up to the neck are inspired by the Mexican Snake god called Quetzalcoatl. The Wings are just for the unusual shapes and ...
The City of Gods: Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north ... by the vast size of its monuments - in particular, the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and the Pyramids ...
Scout has Quetzalcoatl's soul
Now the ex-Reaper is fourteen years in the past raising the little godling himself with the reluctant help of his fellow co-parent Quetzalcoatl trying to be ... your kidnapped son with a long-sealed ...
Avadeus and Quetzalcoatl are nerds
Now the ex-Reaper is fourteen years in the past raising the little godling himself with the reluctant help of his fellow co-parent Quetzalcoatl trying to be ... your kidnapped son with a long-sealed ...
Teotihuacan: City of Gods
Is it too tougha Lower one or two of them a notch. Want the game to bully youa You can crank up those levels to god mode. (Or should that be 'Quetzalcoatl mode'a) The Teotibot's Action Tiles have ...