Kukulcan
Sign in to savethumb|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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Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Image
- Serpent head at the base of El Castillo.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Quetzalcoatl
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- different from
- Kukulkán
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Kukulcan (Yucateeks: K'uk'ul Kaan, Spaans: Kukulcán, Nederlands: Gevederde Slang) was de Slangen God van de Maya's. Kukulcan is de Yucateekse naam van de god, de K'iche' kenden hem als en de Tzotzil als . Het Azteekse equivalent van Kukulcan is Quetzalcoatl. El Castillo, de piramide van Kukulcán, het heiligdom aan hem gewijd, is de grootste en belangrijkste piramide in Chichén Itzá. Het volgende gebed tot de Gevederde Slang is overgeleverd: "O machtige god die hemelslang en [wereld]bewaarder zijt, wil afdalen tot uw rijksgroten en hen omwikkelen met uw vederpracht!"
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