Kukulkan

Kukulkan was the feathered serpent god in the religion of the Maya.

A temple with a large statue of Kukulkan was hidden below a Mayan city complex on the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. The statue, at the center of a large calendar stone that told the origins of Kukulkan and the story of the K'iche Maya tribe, actually housed a shaft that dropped into an underground river which flowed out to the sea.

Behind the scenes
The feathered serpent deity also appears in other Mesoamerican religions, and was known as Quetzalcoatl to the Aztecs. The K'iche Maya referred to Kukulkan as Gukumatz.

Appearances

 * Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull novel