A ubiquitous Mesoamerican deity occupying space in both the Aztec and Mayan pantheons, the feathered serpent was known by two primary names. Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec name, comes from the Nahuatl ...

In the Mesoamerican cultures, Kukulkan was known as Quetzalcoatl ... Kukulkan's descent is symbolic to the importance of the deity in Mayan culture. El Castillo is not only an architectural ...

The ancient Maya brewed a spicy ... of central Mexico attributed the creation of the cacao beans to their god Quetzalcoatl who, as the legend goes, descended from heaven on a beam of a morning ...

According to the Mayan and Mexica religions, cacao had divine origins as the god Quetzalcoatl discovered cacao. Cacao was prepared only as a beverage and was a food reserved for adult males with ...