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Quetzalcoatl, whose name means "Feathered Serpent," was a major Aztec deity associated with wind, Venus, the Sun, merchants, arts, crafts, knowledge, and learning, as well as the patron god of the Aztec priesthood. He represents an important figure in Aztec religion and culture because he embodied wisdom and intellectual pursuits, standing alongside other significant gods in the Aztec pantheon like Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca, and Huitzilopochtli.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Aztec
- Deity.name
- Quetzalcoatl
- Deity.image
- Quetzalcóatl como la serpiente emplumada y el dios del viento Ehécatl, en el folio 19.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Quetzalcoatl's two forms: the Feathered Serpent at the left, and Ehecatl, the god of wind at the right, depicted in Codex Laud
- Deity.god_of
- God of life, light, and wisdom, lord of the day and the winds. Ruler of the West
- Deity.member_of
- the Tezcatlipocas
- Deity.other_names
- White Tezcatlipoca, Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, Feathered Serpent, Precious Twin, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
- Deity.cult_center
- Temple of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan
- Deity.planet
- Venus (Morning-star)
- Deity.gender
- Male
- Deity.symbol
- Feathered Serpent
Article · 中文
克察尔科亚特尔，又譯克察爾科瓦特爾、羽蛇神（納瓦特爾語：Quetzalcōhuātl，“羽蛇”之意），阿茲特克神話中最重要的神祇的其中一位。 這種具有「生有羽毛的蛇」形象的神明最早出現在奧爾梅克文明中，並普遍見於中美洲文明的神話，如馬雅人的庫庫爾坎，中文則統稱為羽蛇神。 克察尔科亚特尔是知識之神、是邪惡的昏星與善良的晨星。雖然有些說法將他視為特斯卡特利波卡的一個面相，但這兩位神祇經常是互相衝突的。 十六世紀，美洲特諾奇蒂特蘭人的國王蒙特祖馬二世曾誤以為西班牙殖民者埃爾南·科爾特斯是羽蛇神，所以待其如上賓，結果蒙特祖馬二世卻被科爾特斯俘虜，科爾特斯最終摧毁了整個阿兹特克古文明。
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