Quetzalcōātl
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Quetzalcoatl is a deity in Aztec culture and literature. Among the Aztecs, he was related to wind, the planet Venus, the Sun, merchants, arts, crafts, knowledge, and learning. He was also the patron g
Quetzalcoatl's two forms: the Feathered Serpent at the left, and Ehecatl, the god of wind at the right, depicted in Codex Laud
Gold feathered serpent Ornament
Quetzalcoatl as depicted in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis
Feathered Serpent head at the Ciudadela complex in Teotihuacan
Xolotl
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In Aztec mythology, Xolotl was a god of fire and lightning. He was commonly depicted as a dog-headed man and was a psychopomp. He was also god of twins, monsters, death, misfortune, sickness, and defo
Quetzalcōātl
…with the gods Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli. The two other gods represented by the planet Venus are Tlaloc (ally and the god of rain) and Xolotl (psychopomp and its twin). Quetzalcoatl wears around his neck the breastplate ehēcacōzcatl, "the spirally voluted wind jewel". This talisman was a conch…
Xolotl as depicted in the Codex Borgia
Xolotl statue displayed at the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City.
Codex Borbonicus (p. 16) Xolotl is depicted as a companion of the Setting Sun. He is pictured with a knife in his mouth, a symbol of death.
Codex Borgia (p. 38) Xolotl with Xiuhcōātl "Fire Serpent"