Children of the plumed serpent at lacma

The exhibition Children of the Plumed Serpent: the Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico, on view at LACMA through July 1, 2012, follows the life and epic stories of the culture-hero and deity, Quetzalcoatl. The exhibition examines late pre-Columbian and early colonial societies across Mexico to explore Quetzalcoatl's role as founder and benefactor of the Nahua-, Mixtec-, and Zapotec-dominated kingdoms of southern Mexico. These socially and culturally complex communities successfully resisted both Aztec and Spanish subjugation.