Vision Serpent
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The Vision Serpent is an important creature in Pre-Columbian Maya mythology, although the term itself is now slowly becoming outdated.
A Vision Serpent, detail of Lintel 15 at the Classical Maya site of Yaxchilan
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
Vision Serpent
…the heavens. The shedding of their skin made them a symbol of rebirth and renewal. They were so revered, that one of the main Mesoamerican deities, Quetzalcoatl, was represented as a feathered serpent. The name means "Precious/feathered serpent" (from Nahuatl, "quetzalli" is used to describe the bird, its…
Quetzalcoatl's two forms: the Feathered Serpent at the left, and Ehecatl, the god of wind at the right, depicted in Codex Laud
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Quetzalcoatl as depicted in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis
Feathered Serpent head at the Ciudadela complex in Teotihuacan