State of Yucatan: Chichen Itza. (all across Mexico) From: Saturday Evening Post | Date: October 1, 1987| Author: Rosen, Fred | COPYRIGHT 1987 Saturday Evening Post Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

State of Yucatan: Chichen Itza

A crowd of Mexicans and Anglos at the Temple of the Jaguar edged forward, waiting for the mystical appearance of the ancient Mayan serpent god, Kukulcan (Quetzalcoatl to the Aztecs). Many of these people had previously encountered the serpent god only in a 1982 film, in which Quetzalcoatl arrives in New York City to wreak havoc.

But as the sun set this past March 21, the first day of spring, Kukulcan would "appear' once again as ...

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