>>38812854But the Quetzalcoatl isn't just a generic snake, it's a specific feathered snake thing.
In Pokemon, it'd be like a mythological Ekans with feathers.
But those dragon statues aren't any specific mythological being, they're just generic depictions of dragons. Which begs the question of where thoses depictions comes from, because logically they would look more like Dragonite or Rayquaza or something.