EditorialPre-Columbian Art. Teotihuacan. Mexico. The Temple of the Feathered Serpent, also known as the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, and the Feathered Serpent Pyramid. Detail showing the alternating Tlaloc (left) and feathered serpent (right) heads. Talud-tablero st...
EditorialPre-Columbian Art. Tula. Coatepantli or Serpent Wall. Toltec civilization. Post-Classic Period. 900-1200 A.C. Back of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl. Museum of Anthropology. Mexico.
EditorialStatue of the God Quetzalcoatl. His name signifies the " feathered serpent". The god's head emerges from the mouth of the serpent; his earrings with a hook show that he is the god of the winds. Stone, H: 44 cm Depot du Musee de l'Homme Inv. M...
EditorialStone bust of Quetzalcoatl, Aztec, from Mexico, 1325-1521. This sculpture represents the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. His name in Nahuatl, the language spoken by the Aztecs, means Feathered (quetzal feather) Serpent. The serpent's coils of the sculpture are...
EditorialTeotihuacan, Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent, and Tlaloc, the rain-god. Heads of Jaguars, symbol of death, jut out from flowers, symbol of plenitude; the god Tlaloc is shown with a face of corncobs and large goggles (3rd-6th CE) .