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Stone carving of the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl with a stylized face and radiating plumes on the Temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacan, Mexico. Quetzalcóatl Aztec manuscript illustration showing figures in elaborate costumes dancing in a circle, with two larger deities, Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl, at the center, from Codex Borbonicus. Stone carving of Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent, with an open mouth and stylized feathers radiating from its head at Teotihuacan, Mexico. Quetzalcóatl, limestone figure of the Huastec culture, Mexico, ad 900–1250; in The Brooklyn Museum, New York.
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Quetzalcóatl, limestone figure of the Huastec culture, Mexico, ad 900–1250; in The Brooklyn Museum, New York.
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Modified link of Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl. Aug 11, 2026
Add new Web site: UNM?s Digital Repository - The Mexican Quetzalc?atl (The Feathered Serpent): Cultural Hero and Modern Aesthetic. Dec 06, 2024
Add new Web site: Colorado Community College System Pressbooks - Colorado Online World Mythology - Quetzalcoatl in Outline. May 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Quetzalcoatl. Oct 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Brigham Young University - ScholarsArchive - Quetzalcoatl, the Maya Maize God, and Jesus Christ. May 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Mythology - Quetzalcoatl. Nov 16, 2022
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - The Real Story of the �Bearded God� Named Quetzalcoatl. Sep 10, 2022
Corrected display issue. Jan 04, 2019
Added the Mayan name for the Feathered Serpent, and other changes made. Apr 16, 2015
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl. Aug 01, 2014
Media added. Aug 27, 2012
Media added. Feb 10, 2010
Added new Web site: Encyclopedia Mythica - Quetzalcoatl. Jun 16, 2008
Added new Web site: Encyclopedia of Myths - Quetzalcoatl. Jun 16, 2008
Article revised. Apr 07, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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