Pitao Cozobi
Zapotec · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Zapotec god of maize and agricultural plenty.
Domains
- maize
- agricultural abundance
Powers
- Grants an abundant harvest of grain
Epithets
- Pitao Cozobi The great spirit of maize and abundant sustenanceJ. de Córdova, Vocabulario en lengua zapoteca (secondary)
Relations
- interpretatio: CenteotlPitao Cozobi, the Zapotec god of maize and abundant sustenance, is the standard Oaxacan equivalent of the Central-Mexican maize lord Centeotl.Fray Juan de Cordova, Vocabulario en lengua capoteca (1578); Marcus & Flannery, Zapotec Civilization (1996); Miller & Taube (1993) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Córdova (1578); Zapotec maize-god urns (primary)