Qʼuqʼumatz
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #1322 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 900 CE
- Attested period
- 200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Postclassic period deity documented in the Popol Vuh; priests served at Qʼumarkaj, the Kʼicheʼ capital.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Kʼukʼulkan, Quetzalcoatl, Tohil, Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, Itzamna
- manifests as
- Feathered Serpent
- allied with
- Tepeu, Awilix, Hunahpu, Ixbalanque
- manifested by
- Gagavitz
- co occurs with
- Huracan
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“It is called Quetzalcōātl among the Aztecs; Kukulkan among the Yucatec Maya; and Qʼuqʼumatz and Tohil among the Kʼicheʼ Maya. The double symbolism used by the Feathered Serpent is considered allegorical to the dual nature of the deity: being feathered represents its divine nature or ability to fly to reach the skies, while being a serpent represents its human nature or ability to creep on the ground among other animals of the Earth, a dualism very common in Mesoamerican deities.”
#32961 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“It is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ people and to Quetzalcoatl of Aztec mythology.”
#33050 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the Kʼicheʼ capital city Qʼumarkaj the temple of Qʼuqʼumatz consisted of a circular temple in honor of the deity together with a palace in honor of the Kawek lineage...replicating the role of Qʼuqʼumatz as mediator between the two deities.”
#33083 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5