Quetzalcoatl | |
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Member of Mesoamerican religion | |
Quetzalcoatl, God of Wind and Wisdom
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Other names |
Deities: "Feathered Serpent", "Precious Twin" |
Major cult center | Temple of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan |
Planet | Venus |
Animals | Snake |
Parents | Mixcoatl and Xochiquetzal |
Siblings | Xolotl |
Region | Mesoamerica |
Ethnic group | Aztec |
Festivals | Several |
Deities:
Ehecatl, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Kukulkan (Maya)
Quetzalcoatl (English pronunciation: /ˌkɛtsɑːlˈkoʊɑːtəl/; Spanish pronunciation: [ketsalˈkoatɬ]) (Classical Nahuatl: Quetzalcohuātl [ket͡saɬˈkowaːt͡ɬ], modern Nahuatl pronunciation ) forms part of Mesoamerican literature and is a deity whose name comes from the Nahuatl language and means "feathered serpent". The worship of a feathered serpent is first documented in Teotihuacan in the first century BC or first century AD. That period lies within the Late Preclassic to Early Classic period (400 BC – 600 AD) of Mesoamerican chronology, and veneration of the figure appears to have spread throughout Mesoamerica by the Late Classic period (600–900 AD).