| LC control no. | no2019110169 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kukulcan (Maya deity) |
| Variant(s) | Kukulcan (Mayan deity) Cuculcán (Maya deity) Kukulkan (Maya deity) K'uk'ul-chon (Maya deity) Plumed Serpent (Maya deity) Feathered Serpent (Maya deity) |
| See also | Quetzalcoatl (Mesoamerican deity) |
| Associated place | Yucatán Peninsula Mexico |
| Found in | Willard, T. A. Kukulcan, the bearded conqueror, 1941. Castillo, Ricardo. 5 trozos sinfonicos escritos para Cuculcán, 1947. Ancient-Mythology.com, July 26, 2019 (Kukulkan; Kukulkán (also K'uk'ulkan or K'uk'ul-chon) is a god of Mayan mytholoogy. Kukulkan is known to the Kʼicheʼ group of Maya as Gukumatz. The name Kukulkan means "feathered serpent", like his Aztec equivalent Quetzacoatl) <http://www.ancient-mythology.com/mayan/kukulkan.php> Kukulcan, the snake god of the Maya, remains as a legacy of the once-powerful civilization, via Ancient origins website, posted 11 July, 2018, viewed on July 26, 2019 (Kukulcan was the all-powerful snake god worshipped by the Maya; whilst Kukulcan was a deity worshipped by the Mayas, his concept, i.e. a feathered serpent deity, was not unique to the Maya civilization. He was known as Quetzalcoatl to the Aztecs and Gukumatz to the Kiʼcheʼ (a Maya group located in modern day Guatemala)) <https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-americas/kukulcan-maya-0010355> Wikipedia, July 26, 2019 (Kukulkan ("Plumed Serpent", "Feathered Serpent") is the name of a Mesoamerican serpent deity. Prior to the Spanish Conquest of the Yucatán, Kukulkan was worshipped by the Yucatec Maya peoples of the Yucatán Peninsula, in what is now Mexico. The depiction of the Feathered Serpent is present in other cultures of Mesoamerica. Kukulkan is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ people and to Quetzalcoatl of Aztec mythology) Encyclopædia Britannica online, July 26, 2019 (Quetzalcóatl, Mesoamerican god; 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) <https://www.britannica.com/topic/Quetzalcoatl> Ancient history encyclopedia, via WWW, July 26, 2019 (Quetzalcoatl; one of the most important gods in ancient Mesoamerica. The god known as the Plumed Serpent is a mix of bird and rattle snake and his name is a combination of the Nahuatl words for the quetzal - the emerald plumed bird - and coatl or serpent. He was also known as Kukulkán to the Maya, Gucumatz to the Quiché of Guatemala, and Ehecatl to the Huastecs of the Gulf Coast) <https://www.ancient.eu/Quetzalcoatl/> |
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