Resplendent Quetzal, Transcendent Icon: The Quetzal in Art, Folklore, Literature, Music, Religion, and Liberation Movements

Seed Grant Semester Awarded
Spring
Seed Grant Award Year
2006

Using resources accumulated through its NSF grants, the project for the first time researches and interrelates 1500 years of elaboration of the Resplendent Quetzal and the closely related deities, Quetzalcoatl, Kukulkan, Gucomatz, and Xochiquetzal in pre- and post-Hispanic and Latin American archaeology, art history, folklore, literature, songs, and religion.

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Principal Investigator(s)
Gary D. Keller, Spanish/Hispanic Research Center
Miguel Aguilera, Religious Studies
Daniel Bernardi, Chicana and Chicano Studies
David Foster, Spanish.