Definition of Quetzalcoatl

1. Noun. An Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent.

Generic synonyms: Deity, Divinity, God, Immortal

Definition of Quetzalcoatl

1. Proper noun. The Aztec name for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerica, one of the main gods of many Mexican and northern Central American civilizations. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quetzalcoatl

Quercus suber
Quercus texana
Quercus vaccinifolia
Quercus variabilis
Quercus velutina
Quercus virginiana
Quercus wislizenii
Quercus wizlizenii
Quervain
Querétaro
Question Period
Question Time
Quetelet
Quetelet index
Quetta
Quetzalcoatl
Queyrat
Quezon City
Quiberon
Quiche
Quiché
Quick's method
Quick's test
Quidditch
Quimper
Quincke
Quincke's oedema
Quincke's pulse
Quincke's puncture
Quincke's sign

Literary usage of Quetzalcoatl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of America Before Columbus: According to Documents and Approved Authors by Peter De Roo (1900)
"Miiller argues with Ixtlilxochitl that quetzalcoatl and ... The people also of Yucatan reverenced this god quetzalcoatl, calling him ..."

2. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"... BY TEZCATLIPOCA IN VARIOUS DISGUISES — quetzalcoatl is CHOLULA—DIFFERING ... ABOUT THE quetzalcoatl MYTHS—quetzalcoatl CONSIDERED A SuN-GoD BY TYLOR, ..."

3. Sketches of Mexico in Prehistoric, Primitive, Colonial, and Modern Times by John Wesley Butler (1894)
"The name quetzalcoatl seems to have been applied to the leader or culture hero of the people during hundreds of years of Nahua. ..."

4. Latin-American [mythology] by Hartley Burr Alexander (1920)
"3- quetzalcoatl M The most famous and picturesque of New World mythic ... According to native tradition, quetzalcoatl had been the wise and good ruler of ..."

5. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"The cross is the symbol of Tlaloc, the rain-god, who is usually associated with quetzalcoatl. Two very learned and brilliant accounts of quetzalcoatl are ..."

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