priests of Qʼuqʼumatz at Qʼumarkaj, the Kʼicheʼ capital, were drawn from the dominant Kaweq dynasty and acted as stewards in the city. Qʼuqʼumatz (alternatively...

Qʼuqʼumatz is Kʼiche for feathered serpent, and feathered serpent is used as a title in other parts of Mesoamerica. It is probable that Qʼuqʼumatz was...

feathered serpent deity is present in other cultures of Mesoamerica. Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ Maya is closely related to the god Kukulkan of Yucatán...

the serpent deity of Maya mythology. It is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ people and to Quetzalcoatl of Aztec mythology. Prominent...

conquers" or "one who is victorious"). The title is associated with the god Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ-Maya, one of the creation gods of the Popol Vuh; his whole...

Yucatán, the feathered serpent deity was Kukulkan, among the Kʼicheʼ it was Qʼuqʼumatz. Kukulkan had his origins in the Classic period War Serpent, Waxaklahun...

called Quetzalcoatl among the Aztecs, Kukulkan among the Yucatec Maya, and Q'uq'umatz and Tohil among the K'iche' Maya. The double symbolism used by the Feathered...

the post-classic Maya's culture that have been compared the same god Qʼuqʼumatz, and shared the attributes of the feathered serpent with that deity, but...

serpent from Aztec mythology. Kukulkan A Mayan mythological serpent. Q'uq'umatz A dragon from Mayan K'iche' mythology. Brazilian dragons Boitatá The name...

torrential rains, storms and lightning. Regional variant of the god Illapa. Q'uq'umatz, K'iche Maya god of wind and rain, also known as Kukulkan, Aztec equivalent...