Feather serpent god

2019, pen, ink, digital (Autodesk Sketchbook Pro) Mythology and history is of great interest to me, and I've always found creatures like Jormungandr (the Norse world serpent) and Quetzalcoatl (the feathered serpent of the ancient Mexican pantheon) to be fascinating creatures, There's always the wonder of what helped to create the image of such a thing in the origins. Anyway, here was my take on a quick sketchup of my interpretation on the mythology.

12 major Aztec gods and goddesses of the Aztec religion, ranging from Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, to Tonatiuh, the sun god.

Description Kukulcan Quetzalcoatl (Classical Nahuatl: Quetzalcohuātl IPA: [ketsaɬˈkoaːtɬ]) is a Mesoamerican deity whose name comes from the Nahuatl language and has the meaning of "feather-serpent". The worship of a feathered serpent deity is first documented in Teotihuacan in the Late Preclassic through the Early Classic period (400 BCE– 600CE) of Mesoamerican chronology - "Teotihuacan arose as a new religious center in the Mexican Highland, around the time of Christ..."-- whereafter it…

VATICAN CITY—In an effort to strengthen their relationship and foster interfaith dialogue, Pope Francis reportedly welcomed the winged Mayan snake god Kukulkan to the Vatican this week as part of a month-long deity exchange program. “We are excited to have the War Serpent staying here with us for the next four weeks, during which time he’ll be exposed to the rituals and customs of the Catholic Church, so that when he returns home he can share the experience with his adherents in Chichén Itzá…

Heraldic charge. Winged serpent.

In one version of the Aztec creation myth, the world was created and destroyed four times (each age associated with the sun). Ultimately during the Fifth Sun, Quetzalcoatl was successfully able to retrieve the human bones from the underworld Mictlan (guarded by the realm’s ruler – Mictlantecuhtli) that were infused with his own blood and corn to once again ‘regenerate’ mankind.