Kukulkan
Kukulkan , actually K'uk'ulkan , was the feathered serpent , god of resurrection and reincarnation among the Maya . At each equinox his shadow climbs or descends the "el Castillo" stairs ( Chichén Itzá ). He plays an identical role as Quetzalcoatl with the Aztecs .
According to legend, Kukulkan comes from the ocean and may one day return there. A Mayan legend has it that he will return to earth during the end of the world. In Yucatan his name is Kukulkan, in Guatemala he is called Gucumatz .
Kukulkan is also the god of the four elements (water, earth, fire, air), each element is represented by a plant or an animal:
- Air - the vulture
- Fire - the lizard
- Earth - the corn
- Water - the fish.
In Mayan script , Kukulkan can be represented with a bone flute, a jaguar, an eagle, a basin full of blood or a snail.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alfredo Barrera Vásquez et al .: Cordemex, ed Diccionario Maya -. Español - Maya. Mérida 1980.
other names
- Gucumatz
- Gugumatz
- Kucumatz
- K'uk'ulkan
- Kukulcan
- Kulkulcan
- Kukumatz
- Quetzalcoatl ( Aztecs )