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Quetzalcoatl|ˌkɛtsælkəʊˈɑːt(ə)l|
Forms: 6 Quecalcouatl, 7 Quetzaalcoalt, Quezalcouatl, 8 Quatzalcoatl, Quezalcoatl, 8– Quetzalcoatl.
[a. Nahuatl quetzalli (see quetzal) + coatl snake.]
The Plumed Serpent of the Toltec and Aztec civilizations, traditionally known as the god of the morning and evening star, later as the patron of priests, inventor of books and of the calendar, and as the symbol of death and resurrection. Hence ˌQuetzalcoˈatlian a. and ˌQuetzalcoˈatlism.
1578T. Nicholas tr. L. de Gomara's Pleasant Hist. Conqu. Weast India 203 There was one rounde temple dedicated to the God of the ayre called Quecalcouatl. 1604E. Grimstone tr. Acosta's Naturall & Morall Hist. E. & W. Indies v. ix. 354 In Cholula which is a common⁓wealth of Mexico, they worshipt a famous idoll which was the god of marchandise, being to this day greatly given to trafficke. They called it Quetzaalcoalt. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage I. viii. ix. 656 They had sacrificed ten children..to Quezalcouatl their god. Ibid. 657 Their chiefe god was Quezalcouatl, god of the Aire. 1725J. Stevens tr. de Herrera's Gen. Hist. Amer. II. ii. v. vi. 375 There were forty or more great or small, and other lesser Temples..which being all of different Sizes, and each of them dedicated to a several God, there was one among them round, consecrated to the God of the Air, call'd Quezalcoatl. 1726― Ibid. III. ii. x. iii. 206 At Chulula, a City near Mexico, they ador'd a famous Idol that was the God of Commerce... His Name was Quatzalcoatl, he stood in a very lofty Temple, in a spacious Square, with Gold, Silver, Feathers, and costly Cloaths about him, bearing the Figure of a Man, his Face like a Bird... His name signify'd Snake of rich Feathers. 1787C. Cullen tr. Clavigero's Hist. Mexico I. ii. 88 The Toltecas..built in honour of their beloved god Quetzalcoatl, the highest pyramid of Cholula. 1843W. H. Prescott Hist. Conqu. Mexico I. i. iii. 53 A far more interesting personage in their mythology was Quetzalcoatl, god of the air, a divinity who, during his residence on earth, instructed the natives in the use of metals, in agriculture, and in the arts of government. 1907L. Spence Mythol. Anc. Mexico & Peru ii. 20 The worship of Quetzalcoatl was antipathetic if not directly opposed to that of the other deities of Anahuac. 1924D. H. Lawrence Let. 15 Nov. (1962) 820 Well, I shall try and finish my Quetzalcoatl novel [sc. The Plumed Serpent] this winter. 1926― Plumed Serpent xxvii. 459 If you want to be so—so abstract and Quetzalcoatlian, then bury your head sometimes, like an ostrich in the sand, and forget. 1934A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 300 The Indians..can..practise whatever queer blend of catholicism and Quetzalcoatlism pleases them best. 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions i. i. 56 True, many stirred with indignant discomfort..to find they had been attending, not Christ, but..Balder, Attis, Amphion, or Quetzalcoatl. 1973Guardian 23 Mar. 12/4 Quetzalcoatl, the ancient god of the Toltecs. |