Jade bust of Quetzalcoatl Aztec, AD1350-1521. Here the profile of the god-hero emerges from the jaws of a serpent atop a swirling mass of feathered coils. The plumed serpent was seem as a metaphor for wind-borne rain.

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Jade bust of Quetzalcoatl Aztec, AD1350-1521. Here the profile of the god-hero emerges from the jaws of a serpent atop a swirling mass of feathered coils. The plumed serpent was seem as a metaphor for wind-borne rain.

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