Difference between revisions of "Quetzalcoatl"

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Quetzacoatl depicted as a man

Quetzacoatl was the god of many ancient Mesoamerican cultures. He was a god of wind and air, portrayed either as a feathered serpent or a man.

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-[[Image:Orozco_-_Dartmouth_a.JPG|right|thumb|400px|Quetzalcoatl is said to have departed from Mexico on a raft made of snakes. Here depicted in [[José Clemente Orozco]]'s famous mural, ''The Epic of American Civilization'', at [[Dartmouth College]], New Hampshire.]]
+[[Image:Quetzacoatl.jpg|thumb|300px|Quetzacoatl depicted as a man]]Quetzacoatl was the god of many ancient Mesoamerican cultures.  He was a god of wind and air, portrayed either as a feathered serpent or a man.
-'''Quetzalcoatl''' was the name given by the [[Aztecs]] to their chief god, a feathered serpent.
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-*[[Huitzilopochtli]]