Yucatec Maya rain god Chaac, helping to predict the rains as his tail moves the winds and sweeps the earth clean. Among the Lacandon Maya of Chiapas, Kukulkan is an evil, monstrous snake that is the pet of the sun god. She destroys much of the world until she tries to herself during the long trip—the trip between the life and death. During the trip, she meets a boy who shares food with her and follows her back to the human world. She returns with him and constructs her own country. In popular culture Kukulkan is a playable character in Smite as a mage. Followers of the "Cult of Kukulkan" are portrayed as antagonists to Lara Croft in the video game Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Kukulkan also appears in the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" and the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "Mining the Mind's Mines". In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Tenoch Huerta Mejía portrays Namor, who is called K'uk'ulkan by the people of his underwater kingdom of Talokan, who worship him for his mutant abilities. In the anime series Beyblade Burst, the character Kurt Baratier owns a Bey called "Beat Kukulkan", whose avatar is modelled after the winged serpent itself. See also Chichen Itza, a pre-Columbian Maya city Kukulcania, a genus of crevice weaver spiders named in honor of this god. Notes References Further reading Agricultural gods Creator gods Maya deities Maya mythology and religion Wisdom gods Feathered serpent deities Legendary serpents Quetzalcoatl