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Serpent images, with apparent feathers, are found much further north, in northern Mexico into Hohokam country in the American Southwest. Sources to follow. WBardwin ( talk) 06:10, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
The statement citing the Oxford encylcopedia:
"The double symbolism used in its name is considered allegoric to the dual nature of the deity, where being feathered represents its divine nature or ability to fly to reach the skies and being a serpent represents its human nature or ability to creep on the ground among other animals of the Earth, a dualism very common in Mesoamerican deities."
It is considered so by whom? Sterlingjones ( talk) 19:41, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
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Serpent images, with apparent feathers, are found much further north, in northern Mexico into Hohokam country in the American Southwest. Sources to follow. WBardwin ( talk) 06:10, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
The statement citing the Oxford encylcopedia:
"The double symbolism used in its name is considered allegoric to the dual nature of the deity, where being feathered represents its divine nature or ability to fly to reach the skies and being a serpent represents its human nature or ability to creep on the ground among other animals of the Earth, a dualism very common in Mesoamerican deities."
It is considered so by whom? Sterlingjones ( talk) 19:41, 20 January 2012 (UTC)