Quetzalcoatl: The Mesoamerican Myth of the Feathered Serpent

It's a hard name to pronounce, but hey, it's been the legend of Native American peoples for centuries.

Was it a man? Was it a god? Was it a white person? Or was it some animal or strange thing?

Quetzalcoatl is an Aztec divine being whose name originates from the Nahuatl language and meaning "valuable snake" or "Quetzal-feathered Snake."

"Quetzalcoatl, in its actual sense, means'snake of valuable plumes,' but in the allegorical sense, 'best of men,'" said Ixtlilxóchitl, a descendant of Aztec ro...