Kʼukʼulkan
deity Maya single tradition · 5
Kʼukʼulkan is the Yucatec Maya name for the feathered serpent deity. The name is formed from the word kuk "feather" with the adjectival suffix -ul, giving kukul "feathered", combined with kan "snake", giving a literal meaning of "feathered snake".
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Relationships
- co occurs with
- Avian Serpent, Tepeu Q'uq'umatz, Awanyu, Horned Serpent, The Great Serpent, K'uk'ulkan, Waxaklahun Ubah Kan, Tlahuizcalpanteuctli, Gukumatz, Tohil, Huitzilopochtli, Vision Serpent, Tezcatlipōca, Tlaloc, Xolotl, Ehecatl
- syncretized with
- Qʼuqʼumatz, Quetzalcoatl
- manifests as
- winged serpent, Feathered Serpent
- allied with
- Chaac
- enemy of
- Sun God
- manifested by
- Waxaklahun Ubah Kan
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In the Yucatec Maya language, the name is spelt Kʼukʼulkan (/kʼuː kʼuːlˈkän/) and in Tzotzil it is Kʼukʼul-chon (/kʼuːˈkʼuːl tʃʰon/). The Yucatec form of the name is formed from the word kuk "feather" with the adjectival suffix -ul, giving kukul "feathered", combined with kan "snake"”
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