A maya snake deity that is closely related to a deity whose name means feathered serpent, is also closely related to what other deity?
Kukulkan Kukulkan (/kuːkuːlˈkän/ ) (""Plumed Serpent"", ""Feathered Serpent"") is the name of a Maya snake deity that also serves to designate historical persons. The depiction of the Feathered Serpent is present in other cultures of Mesoamerica. Kukulkan is closely related to the deity Q'uq'umatz of the K'iche' people and to Quetzalcoatl of Aztec mythology. Little is known of the mythology of this Pre-Columbian era deity.
Tlaltecuhtli Tlaltecuhtli ] is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican deity, identified from sculpture and iconography dating to the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology (ca. 1200–1519), primarily among the Mexica (Aztec) and other Nahuatl-speaking cultures. Tlaltecuhtli is also known from several post-conquest manuscripts that surveyed Mexica mythology and belief systems, such as the "Histoyre du méchique" compiled in the mid-16th century.