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QUETZALCOATL

Gender: Masculine

Usage: New World Mythology

Pronounced: kwet-səl-KWAH-təl (English)   [key]

Means "feathered snake" in Nahuatl, derived from quetzalli "feather" and coatl "snake". In Aztec and other Mesoamerican mythology he was the god of the sky and a creator of humans.
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