Gukumatz

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Gukumatz is a feathered serpent deity of the Kʼicheʼ Maya, closely associated with creation, wind, and wisdom and identified with the Mesoamerican god Quetzalcoatl.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gukumatz canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican deity
deity
feathered serpent deity
appearsIn Popol Vuh
associatedWith agriculture
creation
rain
sky
wind
wisdom
cosmicFunction bringing knowledge to humans
ordering the cosmos
culture Kʼicheʼ Maya
Maya
domain earth
heavens
underworld
element air
water
equivalentInAztecPantheon Quetzalcoatl
equivalentInYucatecMayaPantheon Kukulkan
gender male
hasAspect avian feathers
serpentine body
sky-earth mediator
hasRole civilizing deity
creator god
culture hero
identifiedWith Feathered Serpent
Kukulkan
Quetzalcoatl
languageOfName Kʼicheʼ
mythology Kʼicheʼ mythology
Maya mythology
participatesIn creation of humans
creation of the world
relatedConcept Mesoamerican mythology
surface form: Mesoamerican feathered serpent complex
religion Mesoamerican religion
symbol feathered serpent
quetzal feathers
serpent
typeOfDeity creator deity
wind deity
wisdom deity
veneratedBy Kʼicheʼ people
veneratedIn Guatemala

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quetzalcoatl equivalent Gukumatz
Kukulkan equivalent Gukumatz