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The Feathered Serpent in all his glory!
Quetzalcoatl the Aztec god of the Sky, Creation, and Resurrection also known as The Morning Star, King of the 9 Winds, The White Tezcatlipoca, The Rainbow Serpent, Gukumatz, and Kukulcan. He's also associated with: Light, Wind, The Day Sky, Weather, Rainbows, The West, Snakes, Birds, Monkeys, Mercy, Justice, Law, Kindness, Generosity, Humility, Knowledge, Wisdom, Life, Death, and Resurrection. His blood has the power to give life back to the dead, and if he is killed then he will be reborn by another goddess who is impregnated by one of his relics like his emerald or one of his feathers. His Earliest incarnation was parented by the two main Aztec Creation deities.
Quetzalcoatl is one of the most important of the four primary gods of Aztec Mythology, possibly the most important god. Quetzalcoatl is considered one of the cultural heroes of the Aztec people, known as one of the most benevolent and approachable of the Aztec gods and probably the only notable Aztec god who was strictly opposed to the practice of human sacrifice. Instead he promoted the teachings of self sacrifice, and self purity, the giving up of one's own interests or wishes in order to help others or to advance a cause. Quetzalcoatl himself was known to be very humble and acted more like a humble monk and teacher than a powerful god while asking for no great luxuries but some occasional fruits and nuts. As all Aztec gods Quetzalcoatl represents a duality with Tezcatlipoca, Huizilopochtli, and his twin Xolotl. Tezcatlipoca represents Malevolence as opposed to Quetzalcoatl's benevolence, Huizilopochtli and Quetzalcoatl were both given the duty to bring order to mankind but go about it in different ways, Huitilopochtli as a warrior king and Quetzalcoatl as a monk and teacher, and Xolotl is the guide to mortals in death while as Quetzalcoatl is the guide to mortals in life!
While Quetzalcoatl was viewed as the most benevolent god, he could, especially as a younger incarnation when angered could be quite destructive. In one story a young Quetzalcoatl rescued and fell in love with a goddess who was held prisoner to the Tzitzimime, female skeletal star demons. But the tzitzimime found her disguised as a plant and tore her apart. Stricken with grief and rage Quetzalcoatl created a massive hurricane but as the storm ended he discovered the plant had spread it's seeds from his wind and populated the land with a crop that would become important to the Aztec people called the Maguey that resembles a giant Aloe plant.

Quetzalcoatl is associated with the Quetzal bird which was named in honor of him, snakes in general, and the spider monkey. Each of these animals connected Quetzalcoatl to an aspect of the land, water, and sky: The Quetzal is regarded for it’s beautiful red and green plumage, and in the god of the sky it represents his domain of the heavens. The snake's long slithering body like a river represents life, motion, and change as Quetzalcoatl is connected to the ever turning cycle of life, death and resurrection. And lastly the Spider monkey is a fun loving animal that associates Quetzalcoatl as being down to earth and understanding of, and loving of humans as well as not being too stuck up to be silly.

Quetzalcoatl's love for man kind came from him seeing the best in human's potential to build and create great things, so he decided to share with them the knowledge and arts of the gods, so that one day the gods and man could live united along side each other as equals. He is credited with teaching man kind agriculture, and how to cultivate seeds, was credited with creating corn which became a staple of the Aztec's diet, taught them masonry, architecture, how to work with metals and minerals like gold, silver, jades, and obsidian, how to dye cotton, astronomy, writing, mathematics, and gave them a calendar.

Description
The Feathered Serpent in all his glory!
Quetzalcoatl the Aztec god of the Sky, Creation, and Resurrection also known as The Morning Star, King of the 9 Winds, The White Tezcatlipoca, The Rainbow Serpent, Gukumatz, and Kukulcan. He's also associated with: Light, Wind, The Day Sky, Weather, Rainbows, The West, Snakes, Birds, Monkeys, Mercy, Justice, Law, Kindness, Generosity, Humility, Knowledge, Wisdom, Life, Death, and Resurrection. His blood has the power to give life back to the dead, and if he is killed then he will be reborn by another goddess who is impregnated by one of his relics like his emerald or one of his feathers. His Earliest incarnation was parented by the two main Aztec Creation deities.
Quetzalcoatl is one of the most important of the four primary gods of Aztec Mythology, possibly the most important god. Quetzalcoatl is considered one of the cultural heroes of the Aztec people, known as one of the most benevolent and approachable of the Aztec gods and probably the only notable Aztec god who was strictly opposed to the practice of human sacrifice. Instead he promoted the teachings of self sacrifice, and self purity, the giving up of one's own interests or wishes in order to help others or to advance a cause. Quetzalcoatl himself was known to be very humble and acted more like a humble monk and teacher than a powerful god while asking for no great luxuries but some occasional fruits and nuts. As all Aztec gods Quetzalcoatl represents a duality with Tezcatlipoca, Huizilopochtli, and his twin Xolotl. Tezcatlipoca represents Malevolence as opposed to Quetzalcoatl's benevolence, Huizilopochtli and Quetzalcoatl were both given the duty to bring order to mankind but go about it in different ways, Huitilopochtli as a warrior king and Quetzalcoatl as a monk and teacher, and Xolotl is the guide to mortals in death while as Quetzalcoatl is the guide to mortals in life!
While Quetzalcoatl was viewed as the most benevolent god, he could, especially as a younger incarnation when angered could be quite destructive. In one story a young Quetzalcoatl rescued and fell in love with a goddess who was held prisoner to the Tzitzimime, female skeletal star demons. But the tzitzimime found her disguised as a plant and tore her apart. Stricken with grief and rage Quetzalcoatl created a massive hurricane but as the storm ended he discovered the plant had spread it's seeds from his wind and populated the land with a crop that would become important to the Aztec people called the Maguey that resembles a giant Aloe plant.

Quetzalcoatl is associated with the Quetzal bird which was named in honor of him, snakes in general, and the spider monkey. Each of these animals connected Quetzalcoatl to an aspect of the land, water, and sky: The Quetzal is regarded for it’s beautiful red and green plumage, and in the god of the sky it represents his domain of the heavens. The snake's long slithering body like a river represents life, motion, and change as Quetzalcoatl is connected to the ever turning cycle of life, death and resurrection. And lastly the Spider monkey is a fun loving animal that associates Quetzalcoatl as being down to earth and understanding of, and loving of humans as well as not being too stuck up to be silly.

Quetzalcoatl's love for man kind came from him seeing the best in human's potential to build and create great things, so he decided to share with them the knowledge and arts of the gods, so that one day the gods and man could live united along side each other as equals. He is credited with teaching man kind agriculture, and how to cultivate seeds, was credited with creating corn which became a staple of the Aztec's diet, taught them masonry, architecture, how to work with metals and minerals like gold, silver, jades, and obsidian, how to dye cotton, astronomy, writing, mathematics, and gave them a calendar.