Quetzalcoatl - Bellavista, Nayarit, Mexico
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Quetzalcoatl, a Mesoamerican feathered-serpent deity is depicted here four times at the base of a fountain.
Waymark Code: WM1593D
Location: Nayarit, Mexico
Date Posted: 11/11/2021
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Quetzacoatl, also known as the "feathered serpent" was a god in several Mesoamerican religions. Here, a fountain in the town square of Bellavista depicts four feathered snake heads at the base of a non-functioning fountain.
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"Feathered Serpent
The Feathered Serpent was a prominent supernatural entity or deity, found in many Mesoamerican religions. It is still called Quetzalcoatl among the Aztecs, Kukulkan among the Yucatec Maya, and Q'uq'umatz and Tohil among the K'iche' Maya.
Aztec era stone sculptures of feathered serpents on display at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
Feathered Serpent heads cover the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan.
Annotated Image of the Feathered Serpent or Plumbed Serpent Sculpture from the top and bottom. Its currently on display at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
The double symbolism used by the Feathered Serpent is considered allegoric to the dual nature of the deity, where being feathered represents its divine nature or ability to fly to reach the skies and 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.