They believed that cacao was a heavenly food gifted to humans by a feathered serpent god, known to the Maya as Kukulkan and to the Aztecs as Quetzalcoatl.
Ei considerau cacaua o mâncare divină, dăruită oamenilor de un zeu-șarpe cu pene, cunoscut mayașilor ca Kukulkan și aztecilor ca Quetzalcoatl.