Quetzalcoatl

Quetzalcóatl, or Kukulkan, was one of the most important deities in the Kingdom of Izcaritlanco. The the deity known as the Plumed Serpent was a mix of bird and rattlesnake and his name is a combination of the Nahuatl words for the quetzal - the emerald plumed bird - and coatl or serpent.

Quetzalcóatl was the god of winds and rain, and the creator of the world and humanity.
The feathered serpent god was considered the patron god of priests and merchants as well as the god of learning, science, agriculture, crafts, and the arts. He also invented the calendar, was identified with the Morning Star Venus, the rising morning star was associated with opossums, and even discovered corn (maize) with the help of giant red ant that led him to a mountain packed full of grain and seeds. He was known as Kukulkán to the older races from pre-Merge time.
Quetzalcóatl was the son of the primordial androgynous god Ometeotl. In mythology he was the brother of Tezcatlipoca, Huitzilopochtli, and Xipe Totec. He is the 9th of the 13 Lords of the Day and is often associated with the rain god Tláloc.

A Creator God

The god came to be strongly associated with the wind (in particular as a bringer of rain clouds) and as the creator god Ehecatl-Quetzalcóatl. In Post-Merge Nahua tradition, Quetzalcóatl is also the creator of the cosmos along with either his brother Tezcatlipoca " target="_blank">Tezcatlipoca or Huitzilopochtli and is one of the four sons of Tonacateuctli and Tonacacihuatl, the original creator gods. After waiting for 600 years this aged couple instructed Quetzalcóatl to create the world. In some versions of the myth, Quetzalcóatl and Tezcatlipoca repeatedly fight each other and as a consequence, the four ages are created and destroyed with each successive battle between the two gods.
In an alternative version of creation Quetzalcóatl and Tezcatlipoca are more cooperative and together they create the sun, the first man and woman, fire, and the rain gods. The pair of gods had created the earth and the sky when they transformed themselves into huge snakes and ripped in two the female reptilian monster known as Tlaltcuhtli (or Cipactli), one part becoming the earth and the other the sky. Trees, plants, and flowers sprang from the dead creature's hair and skin whilst springs and caves were made from her eyes and nose and the valleys and mountains came from her mouth. In some versions of the story, the divine spirit of Cipactli was understandably upset to have lost her physical body in such a brutal attack and the only way to appease her was through the sacrifice of blood and hearts and so one of the more unpalatable practices of ancient Mesoamerican culture, the ritual of human sacrifice, was justified.
In the myth of mankind's creation, Quetzalcóatl descends into Mictlán - The underworld" target="_blank">Mictlán - the underworld - where he is sent to remove some bones. However, Mictlanteuctli and Mictlancihuatl, the ruling gods of the underworld, agree to give the bones only if Quetzalcóatl can blow a conch-shell horn that has no holes in it. The clever Quetzalcóatl gets around the problem by having worms drill holes in the conch and putting bees inside to make it sound. Quetzalcóatl also pretends to leave the underworld without the bones, declaring his intention to leave them where they are whilst in actual fact, he steals them from under the nose of Mictlanteuctli. The god is outraged at the deceit and makes a pit to entrap the trickster. Quetzalcóatl does indeed fall into the pit and in so doing scatters the ill-gotten bones so that the male and female parts are mixed. Gathering up the bones, Quetzalcóatl escapes the pit and gives them to the great snake goddess Cihuacóatl to magically fashion them into people by mixing them with corn and some of Quetzalcóatl's blood.