On the edge of Mexico City's famed Zócalo plaza, next to the ruins of the Aztec sacred pyramid known ... as the second coming of the feathered-serpent god, as has long been believed?

Before he was identified as an indigenous god, Quetzalcoatl was simply ... deity occupying space in both the Aztec and Mayan pantheons, the feathered serpent was known by two primary names.

The poet and writer Adriana Diaz Enciso explains the snake's connection to the Aztec gods, and especially to the great feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl: "The snake was important for the Aztecs ...

The poet and writer Adriana Diaz Enciso explains the snake's connection to the Aztec gods, and especially to the great feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl: "The snake was important for the Aztecs ...