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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.
One activity that was popular widely among Mesoamerican cultures is the ball game, similar to football, or soccer in the United States. Some societies played the game using their hips instead of feet, called Ullamalitzli.
The corresponding Mayan god Kukulkan was rare in the Classic era Maya civilization. [10] However, in the Popol Vuh, the K'iche' feathered serpent god Tepeu Q'uq'umatz is the creator of the cosmos. [11]
This is a list of deities playing a role in the Classic (200–1000 CE), Post-Classic (1000–1539 CE) and Contact Period (1511–1697) of Maya religion.The names are mainly taken from the books of Chilam Balam, Lacandon ethnography, the Madrid Codex, the work of Diego de Landa, and the Popol Vuh.
The Maya deity Kukulkan and the Aztec Quetzalcoatl (both meaning "feathered serpent") figured prominently in their respective cultures of origin. Kukulkan (Q'uq'umatz in K'iche' Maya) is associated with Vision Serpent iconography in Maya art. [48] Kukulkan was an official state deity of Itza in the northern Yucatan. [49]
This talisman was a conch shell cut at the cross-section and was likely worn as a necklace by religious rulers, as such objects have been discovered in burials in archaeological sites throughout Mesoamerica, [6] and potentially symbolized patterns witnessed in hurricanes, dust devils, seashells, and whirlpools, which were elemental forces that ...
The Aztec and Toltec serpent god Quetzalcoatl also has dragon-like wings, like its equivalent in K'iche' Maya mythology Q'uq'umatz ("feathered serpent"), which had previously existed since Classic Maya times as the deity named Kukulkan.
A serpent from Aztec mythology. Kukulkan: A Mayan mythological serpent. Q'uq'umatz: A dragon from Mayan K'iche' mythology. Brazilian dragons Boitatá: The name comes from the Old Tupi language and means "fiery serpent" (mboî tatá). Its great fiery eyes leave it almost blind by day, but by night, it can see everything.