Quetzal Dragons are large, feathered serpents. Quetzals grow to immense sizes, up to hundreds of feet for the truly ancient. The head is serpent-like, with a large amount of brightly colored plumage. The rest of the creature's body may or may not be feathered, depending on breed. There is a subset of this type which is also winged. Quetzal dragons were worshiped in the pre-Colombian Americas.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Quetzal Dragon
Quetzal Dragons are large, feathered serpents. Quetzals grow to immense sizes, up to hundreds of feet for the truly ancient. The head is serpent-like, with a large amount of brightly colored plumage. The rest of the creature's body may or may not be feathered, depending on breed. There is a subset of this type which is also winged. Quetzal dragons were worshiped in the pre-Colombian Americas.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl was worshiped in one form or another by many different Mesoamerican cultures. He is usually associated with teaching and wisdom, water, and the morning star. Quetzalcoatl has a (perhaps biased) depiction in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis as a monstrous serpent, devouring a man, but is often shown in human form as well from various pre-Columbian sources. Depictions of the God as feathered serpent (or amphithere) go back to the Olmec culture (1150 - 500 B.C.) and before.
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