FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN CIVILIZATION
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Question
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Kukulkan
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Inti Raymi
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Buluc Chabtan
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Chaak
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Quetzalcóatl, Mayan name Kukulcán, (from Nahuatl quetzalli, “tail feather of the quetzal bird [Pharomachrus mocinno], ” and coatl, “snake”), the Feathered Serpent, one of the major deities of the ancient Mexican pantheon.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Aztec feathered serpent deity known as Quetzalcoatl is known from several Aztec codices, such as the Florentine codex, as well as from the records of the Spanish conquistadors. Quetzalcoatl was known as the deity of wind and rain, bringer of knowledge, the inventor of books, and associated with the planet Venus.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Aztec culture To the Aztecs, Quetzalcoatl was, as his name indicates, a feathered serpent. He was a creator deity having contributed essentially to the creation of mankind.
Detailed explanation-5: -Quetzal feathers were a rare and precious commodity in the Aztec culture. So the combination of quetzalli “precious feather” and coatl “snake” has often been interpreted as signifying a serpent with the feathers of Quetzal.