Quetzalcoatl The Feathered Serpent of Aztec & Mayan Mythology
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- Today we explore some Mesoamerican mythology. The feathered serpent, Quetzalcoatl.
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Wow I didn't know you could be funny, your so mono all the time so I didn't know you had a good sense of humor.
When I started the channel I kind of established a serious persona that I felt was needed for informative content and I ended up suppressing my own personality as a result. Needless to say I haven't been entirely happy with my content for a while and that's why today was a little different. I have a few ideas for new series that are far more light hearted and with people responding to this video so positively I can safely say that I'm more than excited.
Mythology & Fiction Explained I'm sure that anything that you come up with will be good. I think seeing more of your "actual" personality would be nice too, instead of the typical mono that pretty much every History or Informative channel does. (Not saying I hate your voice or anything)
It's just nice to actually hear you laugh
I like the comedy, it adds more personality while still being informative.
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Mythology & Fiction Explained YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!
Finally another intellect that understands that Zeus is god of flamingos and Pink Ferraris.
Im too lazy to make a funny name lol
He goes under the name of Nicki Minaj these days but yeah how could you not know
@@ms.fortune666 Dude 😂😂
😂😂😂
Necro Hars we also got finally the real version of Harry instead of one that has been changed by jk who stole it from aliens
The good part about mythology is that you can pretty much tell your own stories with it. I think Neil Gaiman explains this best in his book Norse Mythology
I don't know where he picked it up, but the olympians in The Iron Druids Chronicles have ichor instead of blood, and even if they are utterly destroyed, they simply reform in their divine realm, which is vastly different then what shown with other gods. The celtics and the norse being able to die.(also, the olympians don't die even their heads are severed from their bodies for a long time).
Interestingly, there's the existance of both the greek olympians and roman olympians. The romans imagined their gods differently, with other names so the roman pantheon appeared too.
(Also Zeus is a pervert, which terrified Arthemis when she saw his erection and it exaspered Jupiter)
Quetzalcoatl also had a twin brother named Xolotl, a badass undead dog god who brought misfortune, monsters, sickness, hevanly fire, and guided the dead to the underworld.
Yup and Xolotl had different animal forms including the Xoloitzquintli/Mexican Hairless dog also Axolotl/Water Salamander and the Huaxolotl/Guajolote/Turkey.
hmm .. the underworld! reminds me of the film "the time machine 1960" where the morlocks (or molech in the holy bible) fed on humans!
Ayehhh
Alejandro Molina bares semblance to Anubis
Gee thanks😊
The inspiration for Rayquaza.
Griffith really?
@@skullkruncher6144 Yup Mega Rayquaza definitely looks more like Quetzalcoatl
No....he's based off of Chinese dragons
Just like Shenron
Your all wrong. Rayquaza is based of ziz a giant bird. Groudon is behemoth and kyogre is leviathan.
While the look of rayquaza may have been based of Chinese dragons the concept is based of ziz
For those of you wondering when I would break character and laugh during a video today is that day :)
thx I been waiting for this forever
Mythology & Fiction Explained
That WAS EPIC MUN! LOVED IT WHEN YOU TOOK THE PISS OUT OF THE PERCY JACKSON FAN'S 😂😅😂😅
Mythology & Fiction Explained, I knew it would only take time. Lol. Keep up the great content, you're channel is better every video.
Mythology & Fiction Explained so your telling me that demi gods never went to summer camp, I call bs Percy Jackson is the realest 😂
any real percy jackson fan would know that the original Perseus was the son of Zeus the percy jackson of the story was the son of Poseidon its explained in the first book his mom gave him that name despite the different dad because he lived
Boils my blood that many important documents books and relics were destroyed by the church. So much knowledge lost forever.
Check the Vatican, you'd be surprised how much is still there.
@BTIsaac the Vatican is the new Alexandria Library. I would question if anyone knows what is entirely there.
@OzarkoBlam broad brush there. Just saying .
Check "Nalanda University burning"
BTIsaac
1.) They never said anything about Christianity (if that’s what you gathered by the mention of church)
2.) Others deities were definitely not accepted with smiles and hugs, on the statement of Christianity and Catholicism (a monotheism) they were definitely not interested in other beliefs. Based on history or what we know of it, the church only wanted to integrate things into there faith by demonizing it for mass persecutions.
3.) There may not be a copious amount of records. But there definitely are/were a lot. From the venuses/statues to the monuments to the inscriptions to the tablets. There is no way we can know everything, but we definitely do have an idea about life back then. And mythologies to say the very least, but as I said the statues, and drawings which were a combination of animals that were hunted, food that was abundant gave us an idea of what they were known for. Even if we don’t have the records, the ability to infer still sticks. (Not great details tho)
4.) And don’t get the idea, I’m bashing or making a narrow claim that they destroyed everything. But they did play an active role in destruction. And disappearances as well (in the further future) a conquistador acted on there faith, and expanse so the knot is pretty firm on there actions and the why of it.
Time to update the books guys.
Zeus, The god of flamingos and pink Ferraris.
Wobble at his great pink colored nails plebs
You are an idiot
Then: A feared, strong and fierce big dragon
Now: A caring, strong and onee-san Servant
Fgo reference
Dragon maid!
Best waifu
*I'll never forgive the japanese*
@Kyle Lee everything i would say
I really want to read your version of Harry Potter.
Senne Michiels yes! And the (mis)adventures of his Zeus of Flamingos and Pink Ferraris
It does sound a lot more exciting and less preachy.
As long as he doesn't randomly reveal that Dumbledore is gay many years later
@@himarik4609 , nothing bad about it
Fuck yeah, Mesoamerican mythology is so cool, I've always been surprised at how underutilized it is in pop culture. I've always loved the intersection of Aztec and Mayan architectural ingenuity with Quetzalcoatl. My favorite example is the one of the pyramids in Chichen Itza, which was built so that every Spring and Fall equinox the way the sun hits the pyramid makes it look like Quetzalcoatl is descending the tower from the heavens. SO DAMN COOL.
2:03 Hearing you cracking up over the nonsense comments made me lmfao.😂
afro curly girl the part him laughing at himself 😆
Ancient Yucatan culture and mythology is so underrated.
Quetzalcoatl the wise serpent.
He who betrayed his creator, only to truly serve him dutifully.
Keeper of true wisdom, where ultimate truth failed.
For wisdom also knows darkness whereas truth only knows light.
For A light that only burns creation is nothing more but a blight on the heart that loves it.
[EDIT] Oops yeah he did mention the rainbow colored feathers lmao.
Fucking thank you!
6:02
@@carloscasanova2759 right? lol
He didn’t betray his creator
@@willplays7954 In a way he did and in a way he did not. Quetzy serves dutifully and is sadly highly misunderstood. What do you know of Quetzy that I should know too?
65% - Percy Jackson reference
15% - FGO reference
15% - Dragon Maid reference
4.9% - People actually interested in mythologies
0.1% - Useless comments like this
Ff8 reference 0.01%
To an Australia this video is actually really interesting because there’s a similar giant snake in aboriginal ‘Dreamtime’ which is most commonly known simply as the Rainbow Serpent. Another name is Goorrialla. He/she also is credited as the creator of many things. As the snake moved it made mountains, valleys and rivers. It also created “all” plants and animals (except humans) via turning humans into them.
I was looking for a comment like this
Exactly, the Chinese have the dragon, the Mayan, the Egyptians. This is not a myth, especially these civilizations being so far apart. There is something to this flying Snake.
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@@BrianaLesley26 Slavic tribes also had a serpent god of nature, waters, plants, animals etc.. Veles.
Watch ancient apocalypse
My first introduction to Quetzalcoatl was F/GO, and because I found this character entertaining I decided to look for more. Quite interesting, and this give a bit of perspective for the character in F/GO that I was missing.
My one was dragon maid
@@blizzard1198 same
Mine was godzilla tho
@Tokiomi Tohksaka
Quetzalcoatl has appeared in Yu-gi-oh and Saint Seiya, way before Fate/Grand Order.
Especially in the Saint Seiya Hypermyth
That laugh is told to bring the ragnarok 2.0
Shobayra Wouldn't it be Ragnarok four since Ragnarok totally already happened three times?
Fiction and Mythology explain version of Ragnarök ?
Ember Hydra No, Rick Riordan, duh. (i'm sorry)
Yo it’d be really cool if you could do more mesoamerican Mythos. I’m Mexican and get really excited at the idea of learning about my ancestors and their ways of worship. Also, keep up the great content!
I Can tell you how they worshipped. They would cut off a dudes head and rip out his heart because it gave the person doing this a big adrenaline rush that they saw as “Godly power”. Saying their rituals while doing these things all because their”God” told them to do these things. Our ancestors were savages that’s our history… being savages… why do you think mexicans hate each other rather than help each other out? We used to be cannibals as well. A lot of this stuff doesn’t really make you proud of your ancestors. But it is what it is 🇲🇽
the stuff the aztecs did were pretty similar to catholics lol
1:22 no buddy your not crazy, some fanfiction gets way worse
I am so freaking proud of you to point out those people that watch Movies or play Video Games and think that everything in it must be canon, instead of doing research for it.
I am certain you will get even more backlashes like that with those who only learned about Greek and Norse Myths from God of War...
It's very disappointing how much people trust in everything they see right off the bat instead of looking deeper into it.
One of the stories I know of Quetzalcoatl was the Story of the Five Suns, which also introduced his siblings. It showed his affection for the humans and how he liked their flawed nature, unlike most other deities :3
Love the sense of humour at the start of the video. I must admit, going by the look of Quetzalcoatl, I presumed that he would be a deity of evil, and possibly destruction, rather then a benevolent deity. This may be due to the way many European and Middle Eastern myths depict serpentine creatures as monsters of evil so it's interesting to see a very different interpretation of them.
That is due to the vilification of the serpent in Judeo-Christian belief, perhaps.
The serpent is revered in India as well as in East & Southeast Asia as water spirits, bringers of rain & fertility. They are praised for the power & wisdom. A lot of Asian myths dragons gave human beings civilisation, writing, etc. Unfortunately the priests of any human
I am so in freaking LOVE with this channel. It’s like 16 years of christmas birthdays and anything else combined. THIS channel is all I have ever wanted and all I ever will want. I just love you man for taking the time for these videos. Im hooked. I cant stop typing how happy I am!!!!!
Kinda like how people think hades is evil because of Hollywood.
Or the god of war games.
This is a very interesting god, wonder if this were rainbow dragon from yugioh gx was inspired from?
rainbow dragon is inspired by the mythical rainbow serpents in eastern mythology
Grey World In God of War all Gods are douchebags, though, so its more of Hollywood's fault.
Grey World ehh all gods in god of war are either evil or just jackasses
In GoW the whole Loki is the Brother of Thor misconception enabled them to come up with the big Loki plot twist, so it was kind of helpful for them that Marvel gave the people this perception of Norse myths.
Grey World I'd like to think so but weren't the crystal beasts based off of Roman jewels or something?
I love the Percy Jackson books and so do my kids, but I don’t take it as gospel. I find your take on the criticism from this fan base hilarious, and can relate. I’m a history major and when I read the Roman mythology Riordan uses, I really understand how he picks and chooses particular bits for entertainment value and to further the story.
if you continue mesoamerican myths then you should talk about the mayan death bat, camazotz.
Lazzen I'd like to hear what he can find on Ozomatli
The Pillar Men.
Lazzen Or Mictlantecuhtli
Lazzen omg... I am yokut 😍😍 I love hearing these stories... We need them...
@Ian M not true, welsh names can be easy if you really try, and I find them a little bit easier than these old lost languages, which are actual just speculation on how they are pronounced.
Thank you for this video! It was wonderfully explained.
I love the symbolism woven into Quetzalcoatl; the great feathered serpent. The quetzal, the Lord of the Skies while the serpent, Lord of the Earth.
Together, the Lord of Heaven and Earth. The creator of all, who rides the winds across the 4 corners of the world and brings life to his people through merciful rains and generous spirit.
Wonderful how so many tribes and vast cities worshiped and revered him. Maybe he was originally the Man/God, you had mentioned in the video, and feathered serpent was a metaphorical way of explaining his nature more easily. Being able to ascend to Heaven but comes back to teach his people.
It was one of the reasons Cortez was so warmly welcomed into the Aztec’s cities. They thought of him as the Bearded God coming back to teach them.
I wish, in a way, it was. The bringer of life, instead of a harbinger of destruction.
How unfortunate; over passages of time all becomes confused and someone, who could have enforced the name of the glorious God of the world, was subsequently misunderstood and appeared as a fierce animal to the Spaniards. Perhaps if they only knew they had similarities they could have avoided at least a little chaos. But who knows...
The kundalin is the only way to God Amaru is the Kundalini
Wow I love your sense of humor .....tho I didn't know you had one
I seem to be getting that a lot but it makes sense considering people don't see anything outside TH-cam.
Mythology & Fiction Explained ok...whats your accent? You sound British but I don't know if that's what it is
Yep it's British.
Yup
Black Panther 2 brought me here.
Same
Same. I really loved what they did with Namor by tying him to Kulkunkan. I'd love to hear more stories about him.
As a Mexican person, I feel honored that you grace the video with the mythical laugh :p great video though
I love the stories that the Myth and Legend Podcast does on this particular subject of lore. See Jason, I have subscribed to the Podcast and now I am telling all of my TH-cam friends. In all seriousness, that podcast is actually pretty awesome...
I play smite so im a mythology master
Same
Lol
DUDE when are you doing a lecture at the Oriental Society? Can't stop watching their vids today.
Same 🤣
same
Would you consider making a video about Tezcatlipoca? He was the brother and rival of Queztalcoatl, and he was also worshipped for a whole lot of things. From the research I've done, his main thing seems to be a belief in creating change (positive and negative) from chaos and conflict.
Why are there always two rival brothers when it comes to gods and creation...
I love the into lol . The shade , and it is true rick did change some thing. And I want zeus to be the god of pink flamingos cuz he is flamboyant
James S omg that's amazing 😍😍😍😘🤩
I'm the real Quetzal coat I prefer that pronunciation to kulkukan or Quetzal cowaddle I am also Ares in the Greek mythologies I'm ku of the Polynesian mythology and I'm YAHWEH of the bible I prefer Jehovah Baal is Zeus look up Jesus destroys Baal on TH-cam your see a man kneeling and fire watch that anyway all the stories about me are true they are contradictery because gods live a long time I just wanted to say that the modern Hispanics are recycled from EACH of the groups who lived before the flood because I felt an obligation to them and I mixed my blood into the batch and other Gods followed
I know I’m late posting here, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on the story of Quetzalcoatl’s involvement in the creation of the agave plant. The story that I know is that he searched the heavens to find Mayahaul, the goddess of maguey, who lived in the stars alongside her grandmother Tzitzimitl. He found her and brought her back to earth for the purpose of bringing joy and passion to mankind. On their journey to earth they fell in love. Tzitzimitl quickly saw she was missing and sent the tzitzimime (spirits) to find her. When Mayahaul and Quetzalcoatl got to earth they tried to disguise themselves as a plant with two branches. The disguise failed and the spirits shredded only Mayahaul’s branch. In grief, Quetzalcoatl buried her remained and this grew the agave plants. It’s a really interesting backstory for tequila lovers, but I have little to no background knowledge of the Nahuatl creation story.
I'm from Guatemala and I've heard of the Quétzalcoalt, so when I saw the notification I knew I had to see this.
As someone who's read the Percy Jackson series AND a lot of world myths, the readers seem to forget that Perseus "Percy" Jackson was named AFTER Perseus, Zeus' son.
It was even addressed in one of the books and explained why he was named after a son of Zeus despite being the son of Poseidon. Compared to other demigods, Perseus lived a relatively lucky life. Because of that, Percy's mom named him after Perseus in hopes that her son would inherit his luck.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
I love this more jokey video, not that i dont love your general format, but having you shade the percy-fans was very satisfying
I knew Quetzalcoatl before F/GO and Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, but I still find the mythological story still amazing.
That rant was very entertaining! Made me laugh at 1 am and wake my flatmate! Good job
God I can't wait to see Kratos fight this thing
since quetzalcoatl is a happy go lucky funni god (acording to the aztecs atleast) i would not realy see him fighting kratos for no reason, rather if kratos has a mission that might be a threat to him
Why Quetzalcoatl would most likely heal Kratos as he was one of the most liked gods
@@NoMoreTortillas1 if i remember quetzacotl was a pacifist who never wanted to fight people
Quetzacuatl was also a historical person. His name was Akatl Topiltsin Ketsalkoatl & he lived during the 10th century AD amongst the Toltec. He was a great spiritual leader & instead of being portrayed as a demigod (like in other religions) he was considered a role model that all Tolteca could be like.
Probably same white man
@@edwinramirez5850 🤦♂️
This is not true..
@@abi9795 why not?
@@abi9795 you tell me
I say (aztec) Quet-zal-qoat-al
And (Mayan) Kukul-kan
Didn't Quetzelquatl oppose human sacrifice?
Great video by the way
Eutanasia dePorvida Thanks for replying, also wasn't Hernan Cortez confused for Quetzelquatl when he and the Spaniards arrived in South America?
Hola Eutanasia dePorvida, I can't find the original post and your answer to my question about the cross-symbol of Quetzalcoatl, but I read them and just wanted to say my thanks.
un poco raro es que no puedo encontrar tus repuestas originales ?, alquien las ha borado ?? egual, muchas gracias hermano
@ Eutanasia dePorvida,
How exactly did the Mexica tribe help the Spaniards fight the Toltecas? Toltecas were around during the years 600 to early 1000. Spanish empire on the other hand began their conquest of Mexico in the 1500; 400 years later...
Also, the Mexica tribe arrived in the Colhuacan region as an ally to the Colhuacan tribe. After conflict with the Colhuacan tribe, the Mexica people fled to the lake of Texcoco; were they funded the city of Tenotchitlan (inspired by the city of Teotihuacan). With the help of the city of Tlacopan and the city of Texoco; the triple alliance defeated the city of Azcatzopalco. This triple alliance came to be known as the Aztec Empire by the Spanish; but was in reality constructed by three distinct ethnic groups: the Mexica, the Texcoco citizens, and the Tepenaca.
The opponents of the Aztec Empire helped the Spanish; i.e. the Chichimecas, the remnants of the Azcatzopalco civilization and other enemy city states in the region. The main downfall of the Aztecs (Tenochitlan) was the flu, and the easy city seige due to only 4 entry points into the city.
Lower dieties need sacrifice
@@akainihkasimaisopowa6781 why? what does sacrifice actually do for them?
That was the first time I ever heard you tell a joke, and my god, did I laugh 🤣😂🤣 you're awesome my dude
Thanks for the video, I love quetzalcoatl.
“Oh yes, Zeus the god of flamingos & pink Ferrari's” 😂 lmao' I hope I get a chance to say that shit to someone 😂
Percy just happens that he shares the same name as Perseus and people probably get the names/people mixed up. He has the name Perseus because Perseus (the original myth) was one of the few Greek heroes to get a relativity happy ending.
Perseus had some chocolate love,he hooked up with an Ethiopian woman
Another legend of Quetzalcoatl is hes just a Viking who manage to reached Aztec Empire with a brand of Dragon on his Shield, hence his winged snake.
Have you ever seen a Resplendent Quetzal in flight? Their long tail does look like a bird carrying a snake... The Mexica ( renamed the Aztecs by the Spanish ) were Jonny come latelys to Mesoamerica... And their "Empire" only lasted 93 years... they just copied earlier peoples...
The most accurate portrayal of Quetzalcoatl is from Final Fantasy 8
finally! thank you. somebody remembers Quetzacoatl in ff8.... i keep reading the term percy jackson in the comments and like wth? Q aint in the series (if it did in the aftermath of the last olympian, then my bad...)
I've seen different versions of him in the Castlevania games, somewhat a jumping bony serpent.
Should I also count Quezalli esper from ff6?
Thanks for reminding people that old myths are word of mouth. The generation who doesn't know that must have been too busy reading percy Jackson while they were teaching us about myths in school . I like the way you tell stories. They'll be fun to retell when I go camping and look at constellations with my sweetheart.
Flying Reptile not dinosaur but really great video. Do the myth of Axolotl
Axolotl is not a myth, I have one in a fish tank at home ;)
You made this dude sound so cool. Quetzalcoatl for president 2024.
This is what Rayquaza based on.
zoltán Ferencz are you sure it's not bakunawa?
Raykwaza is based upon the atmosphere, it is a personification of it. That is why it destroys meteors.
Lu1s.com yes and also based on various mythologies including the hebrew mythology's Ziz. The chinese dragon, lindworm and the quetzalcoatl.
And its name origin is the hebrew word Raqiza also the can be the combination Ray and Quasar.
@@zoltanferencz1785 it's only based on ziz, I don't remember where exactly it states this, but it's supposed to be part of the leviathan, behemoth, and ziz trio.
Actually loved the @ing of the pjo fandom!! I love that these people claiming that Perseus is a son of Poseidon clearly missed the part in one of the early books where Percy specifically explains his namesake was a son of Zeus...
Finally thank you Mayan mythology 😁
Best channel ever!!!!
Fun fact: Quetzalcoatl was one of the 17 and counting kaiju that were awakened by King Ghidorah in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (along with Rodan, MUTO III, Scylla, Methuselah, Behemoth, Abaddon, Yamata no Orochi, Sekhmet, Bunyip, Typhon, Tiamat, Baphomet, Mokele-mbembe, Leviathan, Amhuluk, and Kraken). He was contained in Macchu Pichu in Peru.
Also, Quetzalcoatl might be one of the inspirations for the Pokemon Rayquaza and Archeops.
Quezocoatl was also the giant flying reptile from the age of the dinosaurs. Literally meaning the flying serpent. Thanks
YES, I wanted this so bad!
By the way, im a percy jackson fan, and even i know that the first perseus was a son of zeus. I do my research. And ive seen both clash of the titans films.
Jackal Reviews same
Same for me but not all the people do the same. Some people take writers stories as truth, but not all people know that the stories are not always correct
Nikita Visser Just like people who assume Loki is the adopted son of odin and thor's brother based on the marvel movies
Arkhamun Frost yes that's so annoying
Arkhamun Frost Magnus chase series of Rick Riordan says same thing the Thor in Norse mythology looks nothing like Chris Hemsworth he looks way more like a barbaric god who never baths and farts lightning
fun fact:Mayan and Aztec Mythologly orginated from mexcico.the building on the thumbnail is also the Chicen Itza wich i have been to i have also seen seen Mayan dancing before and you can see by going to any resort in playa del carmen or by cancun mexico just make sure you take a Cancun discovery bus!
A beautiful and magnificent beast.
Outstanding video and your ‘know it all’ voice made me LAAAUGH!!
I like to read Percy Jackson ,and to wacth You.
I tell my students that mythology is closest to comic books today. There are dozens of versions of Spider-man. Four distinct stories seen in movies and that's just the tip of the iceberg. There are some things many if not all of the iterations of Spider-man have in common. But there is no SET canon per se.
I would definately describe Quetzalcoatl as an outlier when it comes to snake deities. Aside from the Rainbow Serpent that the Aboriginies worship not many mythological snakes come to mind that are depicted in such a posetive light, being worshipped as a protector and helper while most snakes and dragons in mythology are depicted as evil and destuctive.
John O ́neil Well, from what i know Quetzalcoatl was considered the creator of humanity, if i remember right Quetzalcoatl gave his own blood to create the humans, so maybe thats why they thought so good about him.
John O ́neil omg I love to weather storms because I love snakes 😍😍
Can you tell me more about this rainbow snake? I am native American yokut.
I always used to call myself a dragon ( 🤩😍😍
I am by no means an expert and maybe you should cnsult Wikipedia for more in depth details but from what I was told the Rainbow Serpent flies and dives from billabong (rate waterholes in the Australian desert) to the next, drawing rainbows across the sky and bringing rain. It is a common motive for the rock paintings of the indiginous people of Australia.
John O ́neil Dragons in China, Korea and Japan are depicted in an positive light, too.
John O ́neil
Ancient Egypt is another example of serpents being depicted in positive ways. Actually Egyptian mythology is full of good and evil snakes. On one hand the snake is seen as the protector of the pharaohs. This is why the crowns of the pharaohs always featured a representation of the cobra. The snake on the crown would spit venom at the enemies of the king. The cobra was so important in fact that when Egyptians campaign in Nubia to conquer the region, they came across a sacred mountain which featured a very familiar rock formation. The mountain known as Jebal Barkal has a projecting rock formation that looks like a rearing cobra ready to strike. The Egyptians were so enamored with the place that they built a series of temples around the mountain and declared that it was the home of the god Amun.
And yet there are also the evil snakes such as the giant serpent that tries to destroy the boat of the sun god as he makes his journey through the underworld during the hours of the night. The Celeste you’ll both of the sun god is the sun itself, and by destroying the boat the snake tries to prevent the coming of day and the continuation of life. Thus this snake is seen as the enemy of order and the agent of chaos.
I love this Quetzalcoatl is so cool I love dragons who doesn’t
What about Quetzalcoatlus, the flying reptile, a literal dragon
This had me at the edge of my seat! Thank you! It was nice to hear you laugh.
Hello M. & F. E., it's strange to me. These feathered dragons, snakes or dinosaurs are on every house, temple and buildings. 20 years ago we didn't even know that dinosaurs had feathers. Now its widely believed just about every dinosaur had feathers. These tales or storys were just like you said passed down over the generations. But what did these people really see that started these story's. Even the Native American Indians wore feathers on their heads. Seems to me they really did see a feathered creature that inspired their legends.
Thanks M. & F. E. & have a great day.
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You're sexually inclined to a dragon?? Millennials are strange
Nicholas Carruth it's a reference to a character, a cute girl with big boobs named quetzatcoatl
Nicholas Carruth I identify as a gender fluid dragon
too much dragon maid for you...
Oh the Thicc dragon variant i see good sir or madam you have excellent taste
The people clearly described their God Quetzalcoatl as “man”.
Friendly reminder: Gods and other eldritch beings are not limited to genders
OMG! QUETZALCOATL!! thank you so much for this! made my day!
When it comes to the Quetzalcoatl I think of Lucoa Quetzalcoatl from Ms. Kobayashi's Dragon Maid for some reason
That's another culture that associated Venus with one who brings knowledge... Come to think of it, that would be a great topic for a set of videos - specifically themes that are unexpextedly common to severely distant cultures.
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I study mesoamerican history and culture, and for how little time you had to summarize such a complicated subject I was impressed.
I really enjoy this channel as a counter to Overly Sarcastic Productions, because you cover a lot of the same material but your styles are so different I learn stuff from both.
Storys didnt only get past trough town and lands, but people make the same story trough time and place. Thats why they are archetypes.
Quetzalcoatl is the inspiration for both the Slifer the Sky Dragon in Yu-Gi-Oh and Rayquaza in Pokemon. If there is a flying serpent and it does not heal it was likely inspired by Quetzalcoatl.
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Whats the inspiration of kyogre and groudon?
I'm waiting for the inevitable tweet from J. K. Rowling confirming your nose-stealing theory.
Ahh hahaha that was fucking brilliant, I been waiting for you to crack up and laugh on a video and, Sir, that was extremely funny!! I'm sure there was a lot of us listening here at home us "plebians" that laughed out loud as well. Thanks for the upload, really love the content
Funny as hell! Swear that pink flamingo & Ferrari god joke made me laugh harder than I have all week, keep em coming lmao. subscribing now.
This video made my morning,thank you
Hunter Nikifirov mine too.
Hunter Nikifirov well Good morning to you I hope the rest of the day is as enjoyable for you and everyone else, stay safe love from South Wales UK 👋
I guess it's helping my hangover.. Ugh
David Garcia Laughing ain't gonna help your hangover. That's just gonna make your head hurt worse.
David Garcia If you don't have a headache then just completely look over me. I don't know why I assumed that you did.
You are funny, we all know that Mimir is the god of Beards lol. I loved that joke about Harry Potter. Keep up the good work man, I also really like Quetzalcoatl too, he's really interesting.
I absolutely love your channel
The artwork from the thumbnail is gorgeous. I hate snakes, but I would be too awestruck if I came across something like that.
I play smite so I know all mythology!!!😂
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This is kuku
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ah see you are a man of culture as well
I find it interesting that certain ant species actually farm mycelium in South America, and this legend explains of him conversing with an ant about the future of farming for his people. Keep stimulating my brain!! Great channel!!
When I first heard about this god:-
Wait a minute.
-A serpentine dragon that is green and red in colour.
-Is associated with wind and weather.
-And can fly...
Inspired *Rayquaza* ?
I know very little of this god, but your story has given me inspiration for a group of snake like people who follow a being that looks very close to QuetzalCoatl
a story I hear about Quetzalcoatl is how his brother was jealous because of the amount of colours Quetzalcoatl had compared to himself who was only black so he got Quetzalcoatl drunk off cursed drinks making Quetzalcoatl rape his sister and be banished to earth
Quetzalcoatl was not understood to have been a literal snake with feathers. The nahuatl language is very poetic and their hieroglyphic writing is not to be read literally. Quetzal does refer to the feathers of the quetzal bird, but it also means "precious", as these feathers were considered as precious as diamonds or gold (gold was not particularly prized among them, but quetzal feathers were). Coatl is snake, but unlike what you mentioned, snakes were not associated with Earth. Snakes were associated with motion, with fluids, flowing, etc. They are used to represent thunder, water, wind, fire, all sorts of elements that have a serpentine motion to them. Quetzalcoatl if interpreted with the poetic inclination of the nahuatl people, would come to mean "Our Precious Fluid that moves", which I would argue makes him the God of Wind (as motion was believed to be generated by a cosmic wind that pushed the sun into an orbit around the earth, and thus creating time and seasons). Quetzalcoatl is represented as a snake with feathers because that is how they wrote it with pictures. Historically, Quetzalcoatl was once a man who was the king of Tollan, who made his civilization flourish but who was tricked by his brother into getting extremely drunk and dishonoring his family and subjects. In shame he abandoned Tollan and travelled across Mexico, possibly reaching the Mayan region were architecture similar to that of Tollan has been found near depictions of Kukulkan
You really showed him up
Please do more Aztec gods this is so interesting!!
The aztec gods are honestly cool af. They so cool a giant flying serpent god that created the world is dope.
Alot of comments mentioning that anime with the dragon maid.....honestly not suprised
I'm 3 years late, but the "avid Riordan fan" rant was enough to make me subscribe
My favourite interpretations of Quetzalcoatl is the one where he’s a thicc anime girl
I liked Rick Riordan's books. They got me interested in Greek mythology whereas before my main interest was Egyptian mythology. I did my own research though and didn't just go by what the books say. You can still enjoy the story without it being 100% accurate.
Quetzalcoatlus isn’t a Dinosaur, It’s a pterosaur, a very separate species of reptile
No, Pterosaurs weren't feathered. They were hairy bastards.
Jonathan Luoto Well Quetzalcoatlus is still a pterosaur
This is my kind of discussion ❤️
@MICHAEL GOLD or sauropods, which also include birds. a chicken is more related to a trex than a crocodile is to a tortoise in fact.
MICHAEL GOLD well that would mean crocodiles aren’t reptiles either since they’re also archosaurs, while we all regard crocodiles definitely as reptiles.
I’m also a Percy Jackson fan and I like what you said. I’ve never seen you break character before and it was pretty funny because you always act so serious in your videos.
No mention of Dragon maid? Really?
Hail Giratina The true god
Just thought I’d mention it.
andrew delaittre You should check out Kinoko Nasu’s Fate/Stay Night. It’s basically a mythical heroic death battle between Hercules, Medusa, Cu’Chulainn, Gilgamesh, King Arthur Pendragon, etc.
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