Kukulkan is the name of the deity of the pan-Mesoamerican feathered serpent in the Maya religion.

Summary 1 Function 2 Performances 3 Other names 4 Appendices 4.1 Notes and references 4.2 Bibliography 4.3 Articles Related

Function

God of resurrection and reincarnation , he plays a similar role to Quetzalcoatl among the Aztecs.

Kukulkan is the legend of the ocean and return there maybe a day. According to Mayan legend, he will return to earth at the end of the world. Kukulkan is named after the Yucatan , but in Guatemala , it is called rather Gucumatz.

Representations

Kukulkan was also the god of the four elements, each element being represented by a plant or animal:

• air-vulture
• fire-lizard
• Earth-corn
• Water Fish

In the logo-syllabic writing Maya , Kukulkan can be represented by a bone flute, a jaguar, an eagle, a pool of blood or a snail.

The stairs of the main pyramid of Chichen Itza (Castillo) have been constructed so that the movement of the sun at every equinox , casts a shadow in the wake of the serpent's head carved at the bottom of the stairs, which gives the impression that the snake up and down the stairs of the pyramid.

Other names

• Gucumatz
• Gugumatz
• Kucumatz
• Kukulcan
• Kulkulcan
• Kukumatz

Notes

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