Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec name ... as a snake boy who grew too large and had to be hidden in a cave, and a winged serpent that flew too close to the sun and became the sun’s pet.

The final showdown with The Winged Serpent, a mythical Mexican figure relocated to the Big Apple, takes place beneath a replica of the statue. In Ghostbusters II, she’s a symbol “that appeals ...