Kukulkan
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thumb|Kukulkan at the base of the west face of the northern stairway of El Castillo, Chichen Itza thumb|Kukulkan at Chichen Itza during the Equinox. upright|thumb|The Classic Maya vision serpent, as depicted at Yaxchilan. Kukulkan, also spelled K’uk’ulkan (; "Plumed Serpent", "Amazing Serpent"), is the serpent deity of Maya mythology. It is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ people and to Quetzalcoatl of Aztec mythology. Prominent temples to Kukulkan are found at archaeological sites in the Yucatán Peninsula, such as Chichen Itza, Uxmal and Mayapan.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Mayan
- Deity.name
- Kukulkan
- Deity.image
- Kukulkan (reconstructed).jpg
- Deity.image_upright
- 1.0
- Deity.caption
- Reconstructed 2D-portrait of Kukulkan
- Deity.cult_center
- Chichen Itza
- Deity.symbol
- Serpent
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Aztec
- Deity.equivalent1
- Quetzalcoatl
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Inca
- Deity.equivalent2
- Viracocha
- Deity.equivalent3_type
- Lenca
- Deity.equivalent3
- Managuara
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Serpent head at the base of El Castillo.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Kukulkan and the Itza
- Modern folklore
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
thumb|Kukulkan at the base of the west face of the northern stairway of El Castillo, Chichen Itza thumb|Kukulkan at Chichen Itza during the Equinox. upright|thumb|The Classic Maya vision serpent, as depicted at Yaxchilan. Kukulkan, also spelled K’uk’ulkan (; "Plumed Serpent", "Amazing Serpent"), is the serpent deity of Maya mythology. It is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ people and to Quetzalcoatl of Aztec mythology. Prominent temples to Kukulkan are found at archaeological sites in the Yucatán Peninsula, such as Chichen Itza, Uxmal and Mayapan.
The depiction of the Feathered Serpent is present in other cultures of Mesoamerica. Although heavily Mexicanised, Kukulkan has its origins among the Maya of the Classic Period. Little is known of the mythology of this Pre-Columbian era deity.