Kukulcan / Gucumatz
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Time Period: Unknown
References in Literature: None
Sources: WaterDragon, Alara, Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins, Survive 2012, Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs, Vol 1.
- Controls summer rain
- Creator God
- Related to Quetzalcoatl
- Flew to become Venus
Said to have created man from others in the underworld, but when he was bringing them back to the surface, the bones broke. That's why there are so many differences in people.
El Castle pyramid in Chichen Itza is dedicated to him. On autumn and summer equinoxes, as the sun sets, the shadow of the pyramid is said to take the shape of an "undulating serpent" from the tail at the top platform to the head and jaws at the base." Source - Survive 2012.