ID: 901001974 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001974	Record Type: Character/Person

	Quetzalcoatl (Nahua deity)

Note: ENGLISH: Literally, “Quetzal-(feathered) Serpent” in Nahuatl, a Postclassic Nahua deity related to wind and associated with the morning and evening star (Venus). His array includes a copilli (conical cap) and often the buccal mask of Ehecatl. Related to similar feathered-serpent deities found across Mesoamerica. SPANISH: Literalmente, “Serpiente (emplumada de) quetzal” en náhuatl, una deidad nahua posclásica relacionada con el viento y asociado con el lucero del alba y estrella de la tarde (Venus). Su vestimenta incluye un copilli (tapa cónica) y, a menudo, la máscara bucal de Ehecatl. Relacionado con deidades similares de serpiente emplumada que se encuentran en Mesoamérica. EASTERN HUASTECAN NAHUATL: Ce totiotzin nahuatl posclásica tlen monehpanoa ica ehecatl huan monechicoa ica citlalimeh huaz azta quemman tlaneci huan citlallin tlen tiotlac (Venus). Iyoyon quipiya ce quechtlamitl (tlen zan cuahuehueyac) huan, nochipa ica ixxayactli tlen ehecatl. Monehpanoa ica totiotzitzin tlen quence coameh ica ihhuitl tlen oncah ipan Mesoamerica.

Display Date: first seen 3rd to 8th century CE

Names:

	Quetzalcoatl (Nahua deity) (preferred,English)
	Quetzalcoatl (Nahua deity) (Classical Nahuatl)
	Quetzalcoatl (Nahua deity) (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl)
	Quetzalcóatl (Nahua deity) (English)
	Quetzalcóatl (Nahua deity) (Spanish)
	Ce Acatl (Nahua deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Totiotzin Quetzalcoatl (Nahua deity) (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl)
	Feathered Serpent (Nahua deity) (t,English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Nahua iconography> (P)
		............<Nahua characters> (P)
		................Quetzalcoatl (Nahua deity) (P)

Related Iconography:

	related to .... Kukulkan
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Maya iconography, Maya characters, Kukulkan (Maya deity)) [901002427]

	related to .... Tlahuizcalpantecutli
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Nahua iconography, Nahua characters, Tlahuizcalpantecutli (Nahua deity)) [901002080]

	related to .... Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Nahua iconography, Nahua characters, Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl (Nahua character; Toltec character)) [901002429]

	has as aspect .... Ehecatl
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, General Amerindian iconography, General Amerindian characters, Ehecatl (Mesoamerican deity)) [901002101]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	takes the form of .... serpents (suborder)
	.....(Squamata (order), Reptilia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	associated with .... Venus
	..... ULAN Candidate

	culture/religion is .... Toltec
	.....(Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles, Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles and periods, Mesoamerican regional styles and periods, Mesoamerican, Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods, Pre-Columbian (American), Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Nahua (style or culture)
	.....(Native Central Mexican styles, Native Middle American, Native American, Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Quetzalcoatl (Nahua deity)
	................Nicholson, Mexican and Central American Mythology (1967)
	................GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
	................Sahagún 2012
	................Sahagún 1989 v2, 2-3
	................Bierhorst 1992 169
	................Lockhart 1993 280
	Quetzalcóatl (Nahua deity)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Ce Acatl (Nahua deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Totiotzin Quetzalcoatl (Nahua deity)
	................GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
	Feathered Serpent (Nahua deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316710
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Quetzalcóatl," accessed 21 July 2017