A mythical creature depicted as part bird, part snake, in particular Quetzalcóatl, a god of the Toltec and Aztec civilizations having this form.
羽蛇（神话中的半鸟半蛇动物）；（托尔特克和阿兹特克文明的）羽蛇神
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One of the most famous snakes in mythology was Quetzalcoatl, the mythical ‘plumed serpent,’ that was worshipped as the ‘Master of Life’ by ancient Aztecs of Central America.
She meets and is drawn to General Don Cipriano Viedma, who introduces her to Don Ramón Carrasco, a mystic and revolutionary leader, reviver of the cult of the ancient god Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent.
He is the soul taking wings to heaven, and he is matter descending to earth as the crawling snake; he is the ‘plumed serpent’, emblematic of the human condition.