feathered-serpent deity
The feathered-serpent deity was worshiped by many different ethnopolitical groups in Mesoamerican history. Evidence of such worship comes from the iconography of different Mesoamerican cultures, in which serpent motifs occur frequently. Scholars have interpreted the religious and symbolic meaning of the feathered-serpent deity based on the different symbolic systems used in portrayals of the deity in different cultures and periods.
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“In Mesoamerican history, many different ethnopolitical groups worshiped a feathered-serpent deity. Evidence of such worship comes from the iconography of different Mesoamerican cultures, in which serpent motifs occur frequently. On the basis of the different symbolic systems used in portrayals of the feathered-serpent deity”
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