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Kukulkan at Chichen Itza during the Equinox. The Classic Maya vision serpent, as depicted at Yaxchilan. K’uk’ulkan, also spelled Kukulkan (/ k uː k ʊ l ˈ k ɑː n /; lit. "Plumed Serpent", "Amazing Serpent"), is the serpent deity of Maya mythology.
Kukulcan (pron. Koo-kool-kan) is the name of a feathered serpent god in the mythology and religion of Mesoamerica, in particular, the Yucatec Maya. He is also identified as the feathered serpent god Quetzalcóatl by the Toltecs and Aztecs, as Gucumatz to the Quiché Maya of Guatemala, and Ehecatl, the wind god of the Huastecs of the Gulf Coast.
The god Kukulkan is an important figure in Maya history, dating back to pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica's classic period (250 to 900 C.E.). The Yucatec Maya attributed their living habits and agricultural practices to the benevolence of this god, among other deities.
The Pyramid of Kukulcan or Kukulkan (also known as El Castillo, a name given by the Spanish Conquistadors) is the center of Chich’en Itza, it was built over a preexisting temple between 800...
Kukulcán es el nombre de un dios serpiente emplumada de la mitología y la religión de Mesoamérica, en particular de los mayas yucatecos.
Kukulcan, the Mayan god worshipped as a feathered serpent, was a powerful and significant deity in the Mesoamerican mythology. Associated with the creation of life and elements of wind and rain, Kukulcan was identified with other cultures such as the Toltec and Aztec.
Kukulcan was the all-powerful snake god worshipped by the Maya. While little information remains about the legends and mythology of Kukulcan – due to the tragic destruction of the Maya codices by the Spanish conquistadors and Catholic priests - depictions of this god are in the surviving architecture of the Maya and remain as a lasting legacy ...
Kukulkan is simultaneously one of the best-known and the most mysterious deities of Central America. The main god of the Yucatec Maya in the Yucatan peninsula, Kukulkan is also known as the Plumed Serpent or the Feathered Serpent.
Kukulkan is a feathered serpent deity central to the cosmology and religious practices of the ancient Maya civilization. He is roughly analogous to the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl and has been identified by various Mesoamerican cultures under different names.
El Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [el kas'tiʎo], 'the Castle'), also known as the Temple of Kukulcan is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The temple building is more formally designated by archaeologists as Chichen Itza Structure 5B18.