Skip to content
The History of God
FIELD No. 6123
Visual depiction of Gucumatz

Hover to play loop & narration. Visual depiction; cultural attribution in the metadata below.

Vol. II · Polytheism

Gucumatz

K'iche' Maya feathered serpent

the great quetzal-feathered serpent who with Tepeu shaped the world from the primordial sea in the great Popol Vuh creation

Organization
Native American Spiritual Traditions
Time period
ancient – present
Location
North & South America

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Native American has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

Visual depiction of Cetan

Cetan

Native American

 Visual depiction of Igaluk

Igaluk

Native American

 Visual depiction of Old Woman Who Never Dies

Old Woman Who Never Dies

Native American

 Visual depiction of Tepeu

Tepeu

Native American

 Visual depiction of First Creator

First Creator

Native American

 Visual depiction of Malina

Malina

Native American