Kukulkan
c. 400 CE – 1500 CEattested
Chichén Itzá
- Maya
Feathered serpent of the Yucatán, and the same idea the Aztecs called Quetzalcóatl. At the equinox the stepped pyramid at Chichén Itzá throws a shadow down its balustrade in the shape of a descending snake.
Known for
- the feathered serpent
- the equinox shadow
- a god who crossed cultures
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.