Gods & Deities ยท Yucatec Maya world
Kukulkan
The Maya feathered serpent associated with sky, rulership, and Chichen Itza.
Legend File
Kukulkan is a Maya feathered serpent whose name and imagery link earthly serpent power with the sky. At Chichen Itza, later tradition and monumental architecture make him central to rulership, calendrical spectacle, and sacred authority. He should not be collapsed into every feathered serpent, but he belongs to the wider Mesoamerican family of serpent-and-sky powers.
Source Framing
Yucatec Maya Kukulkan feathered-serpent traditions, especially Chichen Itza and Postclassic contexts; related to but not identical with Quetzalcoatl or every feathered serpent.
