Quetzalcoatl
An important Aztec god whose name means "feathered serpent."
↻ synthesized from 29 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Associated with ancient Mesoamerican religion among the Maya and Mexica (Aztec) civilizations.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Tōnacātēcuhtli, Ōmetēuctli, La Virgen de Guadalupe, Quinotaur, Ek Chuah, Chicomecōātl, Cinteotl, Lady Chicomecōātl, Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, Mictlāntēcutli, Aesculapius, Wollunqua, Danh-gbi, Itztlacoliuhqui, Tonatiuh, Nochpalliicue, Yapallicue, Centzonuitznaua, Persephone, Baldr, Höðr, Lanikuala, Kaili, Ho-Musubi, Tlazolteotl, Tepeyollotl, Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, Yopi, Camaxtli, Yayauhqui Tezcatlipoca, Xochipilli, Chīmalmā, Xochitlicue, Citlallatonac, Abraxas, Odin-Wotan, Luci-Bel, Tezcatlipōca, Chalchiuhtlicue, Tēcciztēcatl, Belehe Toh, Hun Toh, Bochica, Kamapua'a, Tohil, Tlaloc, Xolotl, Avian Serpent, Tepeu Q'uq'umatz, Xiuhcoatl, amaru, Mbói Tu'ĩ, Piuchén, God VII, Bearded Dragon, War Serpent, Maya Vision Serpent, Vision Serpent, Goddess of the Cave, Young Maize god, Kʼukʼulkan, Xochiquetzal, Ōmeteōtl, Chimalman, Nanahuatzin, Mictecacihuatl, Xiuhtecuhtli, Xantico, Meztli, Black Tezcatlipoca, Xipe-Totec, Coyolxauhqui, Cihuacoatl, Coatlicue, Mixcoatl, Iztac-Mixcoatl, Centzon Huitznahua, Tlaltecuhtli, Centzonmīmixcōa, Tonacatecutli, Xelhua, Tenoch, Cuetlachoapan, Xicalancatl, Mixtecatl, Otomitl, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Tōnacācihuātl, Ilancueye, Tlatlauhca, Tonantzin, Qalupalik, Qilin, Qiqirn, Qlippoth, Questing Beast, Kagu-tsuchi, Izanagi, Izanami, Śiva, Apollo, Viracocha, Osiris, Thoth, Lono, Rongo, Cipactli, Mictlantecuhtli, Ištar
- equivalent to
- Plumed Serpent
- sibling of
- Xolotl, Tezcatlipōca, Huitzilopoctli, Xipe-Totec, Xipe-Totec, Quetzalpetlatl
- manifests as
- Morning Star, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Ehecatl, Feathered Serpent
- syncretized with
- Kʼukʼulkan, Tohil, Gukumatz, Awanyu, Qʼuqʼumatz
- allied with
- Nanahuatzin, Huitzilopochtli, Xolotl, Tezcatlipōca, Tlaloc, Tlahuizcalpanteuctli, Yayauhqui-Tezcatlipoca
- enemy of
- Tezcatlipōca, Tlaltecuhtli, Apanecatl, Zolton, Cuilton
- serves
- Tonatiuh
- has aspect
- Ehecatl, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
- creator of
- Tlaltecuhtli, Tlalcihuatl
- child of
- Chīmalmā, Tōnacācihuātl, Tōnacātēcuhtli, Chimalman, Ōmeteōtl, Coatlicue, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Mixcoatl
- manifested by
- Ehecatl, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
Mentioned by
- Tonantzin
- Qalupalik
- Qilin
- Qiqirn
- Qlippoth
- Questing Beast
- Kagu-tsuchi
- Izanagi
- Izanami
- Śiva
- Apollo
- Viracocha
- Osiris
- Thoth
- Lono
- Rongo
and 24 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Quetzalcoatl (Aztec) – Important Aztec god whose name means "feathered serpent"; he is not to be confused with the quetzal, a type of bird”
#5200 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Mythological accounts describe cacao as a gift of the gods, associated with creation narratives and deities such as the Plumed Serpent, Ek Chuah, and Quetzalcoatl.”
#7952 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Huitzilopochtli at the same level as Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc, and Tezcatlipoca, making him a solar god.”
#11694 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“These examples include Baldr in Norse mythology and the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl in Aztec mythology to the Japanese Izanami. By contrast, most variations of Quetzalcoatl's story (first written down in the 16th century) have Quetzalcoatl tricked by Tezcatlipoca to over-drink and then burn himself to death out of remorse for his own shameful deeds.”
#12058 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Quetzalcoatl ("The Precious Twin") represents the surviving twin who dwells in the light of the sun. Quetzalcoatl as the morning star acts as the harbinger of the Sun's rising (rebirth) every dawn”
#13913 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5