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کوکولکان
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کوکولکان

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Also known as Kukulcan

thumb|Kukulkan at the base of the west face of the northern stairway of El Castillo, Chichen Itza thumb|Kukulkan at Chichen Itza during the Equinox. upright|thumb|The Classic Maya vision serpent, as depicted at Yaxchilan. Kukulkan, also spelled K’uk’ulkan (; "Plumed Serpent", "Amazing Serpent"), is the serpent deity of Maya mythology. It is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ people and to Quetzalcoatl of Aztec mythology. Prominent temples to Kukulkan are found at archaeological sites in the Yucatán Peninsula, such as Chichen Itza, Uxmal and Mayapan.

Key facts

Deity.type
Mayan
Deity.name
Kukulkan
Deity.image
Kukulkan (reconstructed).jpg
Deity.image_upright
1.0
Deity.caption
Reconstructed 2D-portrait of Kukulkan
Deity.cult_center
Chichen Itza
Deity.symbol
Serpent
Deity.equivalent1_type
Aztec
Deity.equivalent1
Quetzalcoatl
Deity.equivalent2_type
Inca
Deity.equivalent2
Viracocha
Deity.equivalent3_type
Lenca
Deity.equivalent3
Managuara

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