Avian Serpent
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The Avian Serpent is a composite creature with avian characteristics represented in several types of artifacts and monuments in the Olmec tradition. This entity appears to constitute an earlier form of the later full-fledged Feathered Serpent, the rattlesnake covered with feathers, probably with at least some of the same celestial and fertility connotations.
When
- First attested
- 1100 BCE
- Attested period
- -1100 – -400
- Historical notes
- Middle Formative (Preclassic) in the Olmec tradition.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Tepeu Q'uq'umatz, War Serpent, Kʼukʼulkan, Quetzalcoatl, Feathered Serpent
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Discussion with numerous illustrations of the “Avian Serpent” in Olmec iconography—the apparent prototype of the rattlesnake covered with feathers that constituted the later Mesoamerican Feathered Serpent.”
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