He was a creator deity having contributed essentially to the creation of Mankind. An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures. To the Aztecs, Quetzalcoatl was, as his name indicates, a feathered serpent, a flying reptile much like a dragon , who was a boundary-maker and transgressor between earth and sky. As the morning star, he was known by the title Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli , meaning "lord of the star of the dawn". The archaeological record shows that after the fall of Teotihuacan that marked the beginning of the epi-classic period in Mesoamerican chronology around AD, the cult of the feathered serpent spread to the new religious and political centers in central Mexico, centers such as Xochicalco , Cacaxtla and Cholula. 
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He created an order of maidens dedicated to the cleaning and maintenance of the temples. Most Mesoamerican beliefs included cycles of suns. He was known as ime inventor of books and the calendarthe giver of maize corn to mankind, and sometimes as a symbol of death and resurrection. The Image of Huitzilopochtli in Mexico and Europe.
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However, what Quetzalcoatl didn't know was that the delicious liquid was pulque, an intoxicating drink the likes of which the youth would consume in huge quantities during gukukatz parties. Quetzalcoatl, God of Wind and Wisdom.
It is also suggested that he was a son of Xochiquetzal and Mixcoatl. As the morning star, he was known by the title Tlahuizcalpantecuhtlimeaning "lord of the star of the dawn".
University of California Press. Archived from the original PDF on Over ihe, Quetzalcoatl's appearance, clothing, malevolent nature, and status among the gods were reshaped to fit a more Christian framework. Incarnations of the Aztec Supernatural: Dipartimento di Scienze Letterarie e Filologiche 8. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol.
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Xmucane, Kucumatz, Tojil, and Jurakan. Quetzalcoatl was associated with the wind god Ehecatl and is often depicted with his ghkumatz This article is about a Mesoamerican deity.
His ashes rose into the sky and then his heart followed, becoming the morning star see Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli. On the basis gukimatz the Teotihuacan iconographical depictions of the feathered serpent, archaeologist Karl Taube has argued that the feathered serpent was a symbol of fertility and internal political structures contrasting with the War Serpent symbolizing the outwards military expansion of the Teotihuacan empire.
Such marine shell breastplates are therefore extremely rare. As his name readily describes to the layman, Quetzalcoatl was a feathered serpent and was often described as the boundary-maker and transgressor between earth and sky. He's also not a quetzalcoatp of human sacrifice, since he made humans. Aztec gods Creator gods Dragons Feathered serpent deities Fertility gods Wisdom gods Legendary serpents Mythological monsters Life-death-rebirth gods Primordial teachers Sky and weather gods Mormon folklore.
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Although probably not exactly a depiction of the same feathered serpent deity worshipped in classic and post-classic periods, it shows the continuity of symbolism of feathered snakes in Mesoamerica from the formative period and on, for example in comparison to the Maya Vision Serpent shown below.
Over the West presides the White Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, the god of light, justice, mercy and wind. Later, they created men of sculpted wood, which Huracan destroyed as the wooden manikins were imperfect, emotionless and showed no praise to the gods. In a version of the myth, Quetzalcoatl was born by a virgin named Chimalmanto whom the god Onteol appeared in a dream. Quetzalcoatl, the Wind, Venus.
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He made the calendar, which was probably a mistake since no one can read it, and he was sometimes depicted as the symbol of death and resurrection, but not one or the other. For other uses, see Quetzalcoatl disambiguation. In the example from Yaxchilan, the Vision Serpent has the human face of the young maize god, further suggesting a connection to fertility and ggukumatz renewal; the Maya Young Maize god was also connected to Venus.
Handbook of Mesoamerican Mythology. Some followers of the Latter Day Saints movement believe that Quetzalcoatl was historically Jesus Christbut believe His name and the details of the event were gradually lost over time.
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