This amalgamation reflects the duality in Quetzalcoatl's nature as both a feathered creature and a snake. The Maya used the name Kukulkan to refer to the same feathered serpent god. According to ...

B efore he was identified as an indigenous god, Quetzalcoatl was simply a peculiar snake-bird carving on a broken stone ...

The poet and writer Adriana Diaz Enciso explains the snake's connection to the Aztec gods, and especially to the great feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl: "The snake was important for the Aztecs ...