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Kukulkan

Kukulkan, also spelled K’uk’ulkan (/kuːkʊlˈkɑːn/; lit. "Plumed Serpent", "Amazing Serpent"), is 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 temples to Kukulkan are found at archaeological sites in the Yucatán Peninsula, such as Chichen Itza…

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Aztec
Quetzalcoatl
Inca
Viracocha
Lenca
Managuara
Major cult center
Chichen Itza
Symbol
Serpent

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Kukulkan

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Triples79
Avg. degree1.96
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related to Etymology · 18
Kukulkan → Chol-Ch'orti'-Tzeltal, Classic Maya, Classic Period, In, In Ch'orti, It, Kukulcan, Kukulchon, Kʼukʼul-chon, Kʼukʼulkan, Maya, Postclassic, The Yucatec, Tzotzil, Vision Serpent, War Serpent, Waxaklahun Ubah Kan, Yucatec Maya
related to history · 17
Kukulkan → Although, Although Kukulkan, At Chichen Itza, Because, Belize, Chichen Itza, Classic Period, Guatemalan Highlands, In Yucatán, Kukulkan/Quetzalcoatl, Maya, Mesoamerican, Mexican, The, This, Vision Serpent, Yucatán
related to Kukulkan and the Itza · 15
Kukulkan → Although, At Chichen Itza, Gulf Coast, It, Itza, Maya, Mesoamerica, Mexico, Putún Maya, Quetzalcoatl, Territorial, These Chontal, This, Vision Serpent, Yucatán Peninsula
related to In popular culture · 11
Kukulkan → Aztec, Enterprise, How Sharper Than, In, In Star Trek, Mayan, Serious Sam, Serpent's Tooth, Teotihuacan, The Animated Series, The Second Encounter
related to Modern folklore · 10
Kukulkan → As, Chaac, He, In, July, Stories, The, To, Yucatec Maya, Yucatán
is a · 2
Kukulkan → boy who was born as a snake, evil
Aztec · 1
Kukulkan → Quetzalcoatl
Inca · 1
Kukulkan → Viracocha
Lenca · 1
Kukulkan → Managuara
Major cult center · 1
Kukulkan → Chichen Itza

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itza serpent maya chichen deity also yucatán quetzalcoatl feathered among mythology cult city although classic modern aztec yucatec religion northern

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KukulkanAztecQuetzalcoatl1.00infobox
KukulkanIncaViracocha1.00infobox
KukulkanLencaManaguara1.00infobox
KukulkanMajor cult centerChichen Itza1.00infobox
KukulkanSymbolSerpent1.00infobox
Kukulkancausesearth tremors every year in July.A modern collection of folklore from Yucatán tells how Kukulkan was a winged serpent that flew to the sun and tried to speak to it but the sun0.90text
Kukulkanis aboy who was born as a snake0.90text
Kukulkanis aevil0.90text
Kukulkanrelated to EtymologyIn0.60section
Kukulkanrelated to EtymologyYucatec Maya0.60section
Kukulkanrelated to EtymologyKʼukʼulkan0.60section
Kukulkanrelated to EtymologyTzotzil0.60section

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