Miscellaneous Myths: Quetzalcoatl
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Published 2018-03-09
*SLAVERY EXISTED AND SO DO NATIVE AMERICANS
I KNOW QUETZALCOATLUS IS A PTEROSAUR NOT A DINOSAUR CAN WE PLEASE FOCUS
Really old gods are fun because they tend to have spread out and fractalized over time, spawning off culturally specific versions of themselves as their stories travel around. This can lead to a veritable conspiracy wall of potential connections drawing disparate gods together to a common origin. But in the case of the Mesoamerican Feathered Serpent figure, I think we can make a pretty strong case for a unified origin without having to break out the tinfoil hats!
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All Comments (21)
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Can we take a moment to appreciate how she can spit out mezoamerican names like she's possessed by Huītzilōpōchtli himself
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So basically Quetzalcoatl is a Mesoamerican inside joke, the context of which is lost on us now.
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I love how Quetzalcoatl was drawn. He looks like all that's in his mind is the infinite Mii theme and "I snek, I big snek, I do a fly, ye."
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Fun fact! Quetzalcoatl was not only a feathered flying serpent, he was also a sky god and when chocolate was first discovered they said that chocolate was given from Quetzalcoatl P.S, he didn’t straight up give chocolate to people, the Aztecs got cocoa beans and made a chocolate-like drink, and people use cocoa to make chocolate, the Aztecs thought the cocoa beans were a gift from him.
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"a very lost Viking" googles distance from Newfoundland to mexico city that would be a very very lost viking. like a 5000km lost viking.
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I rewatch this because: "HOUSEHOLD CHORES? The man has no skin!"
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"Hell, the Aztecs reimagined him as mostly HUMAN which has caused some people to theorize that their image of Quetzalcoatl is modified by anywhere from a very lost viking to Straight Up JESUS" Jesus in Mesoamerica? That sounds like the Mormons' doing.
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Quetzl is like the Aztec Santa Claus. The vast majority of stories in which they appear expect you to already know who they are. The few stories about their origin rely on the audience to be familiar with the character in order to be emotionally invested in the story.
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Actually, Quetzalcoatl was a huge deal because, for the Aztecs, he never required bloody sacrifices. He was (apparently) one of the most peaceful of the gods
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Moral of the story: ALWAYS. WRITE. THINGS. DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!
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God of household chores: exists Me: never does any chores or cleaning ever “God of house hold chores would like to know your location”
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I love how randomly adorable Quetzalcoatl is drawn as a little snake dude.
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"And a dinosaur named after him!" angry pterosaur noises
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The part "HOUSEHOLD CHORES?! THE MAN HAS NO SKIN!!!' cracks me up, everytime, without fail
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"Household chores!?! THE MAN HAS NO SKIN!" - Red, 2018. Best quote I've heard in a while.
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"Which one of you broke the river?" "AAAAAAAAAA" "Way to go, Paul."
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The real life Rayquaza.
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"So i washed the dishes, scrubbed the bathroom, mowed the grass, replaced the lightbulbs, and fixed the water heater." Aztecs: Someone bring this man some skin!
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Side note, as I remember they taught us at school (Mexican girl over here) Quetzalcoatl and serpents in general were seen as bringers of life and wisdom (as you said in your video) and also their counterpart, bringers of death, used to be represented by tigers. Tigers are efficient and quick killers. You can never escape their claws and you almost never see them coming. Snakes and serpents, on the other hand, were seen as mysterious and wise creatures. You probably already know that, but I thought I'd share.
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Journals that describe actual daily life, even as recently as a few decades ago are invaluable to those of us working in museums. If you want to have something you've written be important, write details that seem obvious, seal it in a lockbox, and let it be found by your grandkids.
