Quetzalcoatl
Aztec/Mexica · deity · cosmogonic · deity
Feathered-serpent creator and wind god (Ehecatl), patron of priesthood; distinct from the ruler Topiltzin.
Parentage
Domains
- wind
- creation and life
- priesthood and learning
- morning star venus
Powers
- Recreate humanity from ground bones and own blood
- Sweep the road and raise winds before the rains
- Bring cultivated maize to humanity
Epithets
- Ehēcatl
- Tlīltzin
Relations
- interpretatio: Lord 9 Wind "Quetzalcoatl"
- lover: Mayahuel
- sibling: Tezcatlipoca
- sibling: Huitzilopochtli
- rival: Tezcatlipoca
- rival: Mictlantecuhtli
- killer of: Tlaltecuhtli
- sibling: Xipe Totec
- syncretism: Kukulkan
- equated with: Gucumatz
- interpretatio: Tohil