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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: February 6, 2012
Caption: Quetzacoatl, the Plumed Serpent
Additional Description: "The Plumed Serpent is one embodiment of Quetzalcóatl, an important mythological figure to the Mesoamerican pantheon. Depictions of Quetzalcóatl as a plumed serpent are found in Mesoamerica from the beginning of the Olmec period (circa 1200 BC) through the arrival of Hernán Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors and into the modern period.
Quetzalcóatl, when depicted as a plumed serpent, symbolizes the blending of heaven and earth. Quetzalcóatl associated with the planet Venus, the wind and breath of life, the discovering of corn, the invention of writing and the arts, birth and renewal. Quetzalcóatl is derived from quetzal meaning feather and catl, meaning snake."
Submitted: February 14, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p192895
File Size: 2.578 Megabytes

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