Kukulkan - Quetzalcoatl.
Title: Kukulkan - Quetzalcoatl.
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Details: Words: 496 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Kukulkan - Quetzalcoatl.
Category: /Recreation & Sports/Health & Beauty
Details: Words: 496 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The feathered serpent god is one of the great mysteries of ancient Mesoamerican cultures. He was called Kukulkan by the Mayas and Quetzalcoatl by the Aztecs, but this deity also appeared in other Prehispanic cultures. He (and in some cases his 'men') was described as being a bearded Caucasian man in some writings, and as a man with white skin, hair on the face and stunning emerald eyes in others. Kukulkan was both a real
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filled the requirements for these myths and made them self fulfilling prophecies. Monctezuma realized too late that the Spanish were invading his country. In this way, Quetzalcoatl is partly to blame for the undoing of the Aztec civilization.
Sources:
'Kukulkan' http://www.insecula.com/contact/A010622.html
'Quetzalcoatl' http://www.insecula.com/contact/A010624.html
'The Feathered Serpent' http://members.aol.com/maroic/serpent.htm
'Quetzal' http://www.webislam.com/numeros/2000/00_11/Articulos%2000_11/Quetzalcoatl/Quetzal.htm