Quetzalcoatl

Quetzalcoatl, literally meaning "Feathered Serpent", was one of the major deities of the Aztecs, Toltecs, and other Meso-Amercian peoples. The legend goes that he was descendant from Mictlan and created human beings by gathering the bones of previous human beings and sprinkling his own blood on them. He created the fifth world cycle (the ones before had been destroyed by natural causes such as flood and fire) and the humans of that cycle from this. He was known for being the sky-creator god and a wise legislator as well as wind, water, and fertility god. He is considered son of the virgin goddess Coatlicue and twin to Xotlotol. Because he is regarded as the creator of the human beings of the fifth world cycle, he is also god of agriculture, the calendar, and is the patron god of the arts and crafts. Later, the high priests of the Aztecs were called Quetzalcoatl, and he became a symbol for death and resurrection as well as a patron of the priests. His cult is identified with the city of Teotihuacan.

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