Pitao Copijcha
Zapotec · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Zapotec god of the sun and war, emblematized by the macaw.
Domains
- sun
- war
- rulership
Powers
- Crosses the sky as the daytime sun
- Grants victory to warriors in battle
Epithets
- Pitao Copijcha Great Spirit/Breath, the title 'pitao' (great vital force) applied to the sun-and-war godMarcus & Flannery, Zapotec Civilization (1996); Cordova, Vocabulario en lengua zapoteca (1578) (secondary)
Relations
- interpretatio: TonatiuhPitao Copijcha is the Zapotec sun-and-war god, the Oaxacan equivalent of the Central-Mexican solar deity Tonatiuh.Fray Juan de Cordova, Vocabulario en lengua capoteca (1578); Marcus & Flannery, Zapotec Civilization (1996); Lind, Ancient Zapotec Religion (2015) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Córdova (1578); Zapotec ritual song (primary)