The Mayan Mystery: Who was Kukulcan and Quetzalcoatl
Ancient Deities with Possible Origins in Atlantis!
Kukulcan is one of the three gods that was thought to have created the Earth. He is a serpent in his natural form and was responsible for teaching the Mayan's about such things as how to run a civilization, agriculture, and medicine. After a brief period of being on Earth Kukulcan returned to the ocean telling the Mayans that he would return at some later date. Mayans perceived European settlers as the second coming of their god Kukulcan and this was eventually lead to the trust between the two cultures, and the eventual defeat of the Mayans culture. The baffling question is, why would the Mayans think that European settlers were gods? Did they look anything like what the Mayans perceived as Kukulcan? The answer is yes!
Kukulcan had a human form as well as his feathered serpent form. Kukulcan would transform into a man standing about 6 feet tall with long white hair, but most interestingly he was a male Caucasian man with white skin! We find writing from the Mayans and sculptures of what is thought to be Kukulcan and they depict a very European looking figure, totally different from how the Mayan's looked.
Mayan's were dark skinned Latin looking people. They were normally not very tall and had brown eyes. Kukulcan in his human form was a complete contrast, having white or silver hair, white skin, blue eyes, and he was tall. Scientist and scholars alike have all wondered why this could have been the case? Why would a civilization have a divine figure, a god that looked nothing like themselves? Why would he look like people found in Western civilization? One theory actually involves the lost city of Atlantis!
Some would think that once Atlantis as described by Plato sank into the ocean some of its citizens would have survived. One man, Kukulcan, could have made his way into Mesoamerica and taught the Mayan's the secrets of his lost city. This fits the profile of what Kukulcan would have been like, coming from the sea, looking like a European, and teachings of government, medicine, and agriculture, all fit into the idea that Kukulcan could have been from the ancient Atlantis. Also when he left, this mystery man could have traveled across Mexico and found those form the Aztec civilization.
Aztecs worshiped a similar god, Quetzalcoatl, who also matches the description of Kukulcan. Quetzalcoatl taught many of the same things as Kukulcan and once Spanish conquistadors began to arrive in Mesoamerica they were also accepted as gods by the Aztecs. This would lead some to believe that both Quetzalcoatl, and Kukulcan were indeed the same deity, or man as it may be the case.
Both the Mayan and Aztec civilizations remain mostly undiscovered and many mysteries surround both, but still the legend of Kukulcan and his many temples and statues astound and baffle scientist, and will for centuries to come.
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Post a Comment"Mayan's were dark skinned Latin looking people" WTF? What an idiotic statement. No Mayan looked like a Southern European Roman who spoke Latin. If they did, then they would of looked similar to the invading Spaniards. Where is this Caucasian looking statue or painting of Kukulkan?
The person who wrote this knows nothing lol, probably some New Ager full of bs. Mayans did not perceived Europeans as gods or was confused them for kukulkan. Especially not a medieval Spaniard, who were no taller than your average Mayan and was filthy & disease ridden. Europeans were attacked by some Mayan people on first contacts. Some Spaniards were killed, isn't a "god" suppose to be an immortal divine entity. The Spaniards couldn't even speak the languages and were accompanied by enemy Nahua people.
I agree with Pokoman and do not believe for a minute that the Mayans percieved the Europeans as gods. That's just wishful thinking by the Europeans of that era. And how can we trust codices that are written in Spanish?
@runnig fox
Kukulcan an alien? That sounds way too new age for me.
Quetzalcoatl means precious serpent not feathered serpent. Europeans that were not familiar with Nahuatl language mistook the name to mean feathered serpent. another common mistake is to call the Mexica natives Aztecs (wrong). Yes another european not familiar with natives ways. If you want to learn about a culture you need to go the right source. Mayas and Mexicas are not dead and neither is the nahuatl language which millions of people still speak today. 5 % of indigenous americans survived the biggest holocaust in history...... Look up the term american in websters 16 century dictionary , it says, american- copper looking peoples native to the americas.
(brown skinned). Latino or hispanic refers to someone from Europe.... Who is the i-di-o-t who comes up with these terms... I'm out of here ,peace...
I think kukulkan in my opinion was the devil himself and not an alien. he also came with his demonds to give the Mayans super power and knowledge. Remember this the devil was a serpent in the Hebrew bible. and eventually a red dragon described in the book of the Prophet Isiah. In theory the Mayans may have resisted them and it possibly caused their destruction. The end of the world isn't in 12-21- 2012. The mayans meant the seven year end would be beginning in July of 2030. it is possible in theory that December 21, 2036 is the beginning of the seven viles of the seven arch-angels and the seventh vile the earthquake should be in theory August 9, 2037 . The mayans meant the mid-point of te tribulation which is about 2-12/13 2034. This is backed up by Ezkiel the first chapter it talks about the sign of Aquarious which is in February.twelth at midnight of February the 13th. this is because sister lucia, of spain which saw the miracle of Fatama died February 13, 2005 at the age of 97. in theory this is when the devil will emerge from the temple in Jereseluem and claim he is God. then in theory he will do away witht the 2 witnesses ( Elijah and Moses ) The book of malachi and the book of Mathew ( they appear before jesus in fine linen and disappear. 3/14/2037 because the Mayans said 3114 this maybe the miracle of incredible heat. Some Theolgians say it could get to 212 degrees farenheit! I realize these are just theories based upon information available. But are very likely are true at about those time periods. The myans meant this was then last Boktume ( the last 24 years of humanity as we know it!
Solutrean Hypothesis
The Devil at work for sure....
@Pokomam you are right
@Cioran i agree with you
Its odvious that it was the devil himself(Caucasian man with white skin, white or silver hair,blue eyes)Master shape-shifter he is just as with all angels,which in the bible he is side to be a serphent or dragon that fell from heaven. 2012 might be the coming of the anti-christ, just think about it,the chips are already being made and people are already accepting them. Just look up RF-ID chip(Rockerfelle) on Youtube.
I say that kukulkan was an alien, he came from the heavens, or beyond is more accurate.it would make sense in that is a reason the maya were so obsessive over astronomy, in fact the mayan calendar isn't a calendar at all, more accurate to say it is a count down. A count down for when kukulkan will or believed to return. and think, the Europeans and other civilizations would have eventually derived from these serpents to be dragons, they appear in many places, so it isn't a far thing to say dragons are extra-terrestrial!