Quetzalcoatl (/ ˌkɛtsəlkoʊˈætəl /) [3][pron 1] (Nahuatl: "Feathered Serpent") is a deity in Aztec culture and literature. Among the Aztecs, he was related to wind, Venus, Sun, merchants, arts, crafts, knowledge, and learning. He was also the patron god of the Aztec priesthood. [5] .

Quetzalcóatl, (from Nahuatl quetzalli, “tail feather of the quetzal bird [Pharomachrus mocinno],” and coatl, “snake”), the Feathered Serpent, one of the major deities of the ancient Mexican pantheon. Representations of a feathered snake occur as early as the Teotihuacán civilization (3rd to 8th century ce) on the central plateau.

2024年2月21日 · In the heart of ancient Mesoamerica, amidst the vibrant cultures of the Aztecs, Mayans and other indigenous peoples, one deity held a central place in religious belief and cultural imagination: Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god.

2018年2月4日 · At the time of the Spanish Conquest, Quetzalcoatl was known as the plumed serpent god who came from a long tradition of similar representations. The earliest reference to the feathered serpent deity in ancient Mexico appears in the Olmec times, around 900 BC at the city of La Venta in the modern-day Mexican state of Tabasco.

2023年2月13日 · Quetzalcoatl played many roles in ancient Aztec mythology, so it’s difficult to pin down just one. In general, he is considered the god of wisdom, the god of the Aztec ritual calendar, the god of corn and maize, and oftentimes a symbol of death and resurrection.

2024年9月22日 · Before he was identified as an indigenous god, Quetzalcoatl was simply a peculiar snake-bird carving on a broken stone tablet found in Mexico—a carving, it turns out, from the Mesoamerican mother culture, the Olmecs.

Quetzalcóatl began as a god of vegetation in the Teotihuacán civilization. For the Toltecs he was the god of the morning and evening star. The Aztecs revered him as the patron of priests, the inventor of the calendar and of books, and the protector of goldsmiths and other craftsmen.

2024年11月4日 · Quetzalcoatl, known as the Feathered Serpent, stands as one of the most revered and enigmatic deities in Mesoamerican mythology. Worshipped by the Aztecs, Toltecs, and other pre-Columbian civilizations, he symbolizes a unique blend of opposites—uniting the earthbound serpent with the celestial bird.

2002年4月2日 · Quetzalcoatl, pronounced Quet-zal-co-at, was the Aztec feathered serpent. He was the Aztec version of this god, even though many other cultures before the Aztecs worshipped him. He was also the patron of the priesthood, and he was one of the four major creation deities.

2019年3月15日 · Quetzalcoatl, or “Feathered Serpent,” was an important god to the ancient people of Mesoamerica. The worship of Quetzalcoatl became widespread with the rise of the Toltec civilization around 900 A.D. and spread throughout the region, even down to the Yucatan peninsula where it caught on with the Maya.