Pitao Peeze
Zapotec · deity · mythic · deity
Zapotec ⟨Pitào Pèeze⟩, 'god of omens'. The deity of auguries, fate and fortune to whom diviners referred the signs and dreams they read. Carefully distinguished from the death-god Pitao Bezelao/Pezeelao (already zapotec_pitao_bezelao) and from the wealth/merchant god Pitao Paa. Pitao Xicala (dreams) is reckoned an aspect of him. SOLITARY: no genealogy or consort is recorded for Pitao Peeze; the only relationship attested is the aspect-tie of Pitao Xicala (dreams) to him, captured on zapotec_pitao_xicala (Lind 2015; Whitecotton 1977).
Domains
- omens and auguries
- fate and fortune
Powers
- sends the omens and auguries by which fate and fortune are read
Sources
- Córdova, Fray Juan de. Vocabulario en lengua çapoteca. 1578 (Pitao Peeze, god of omens/auguries).
- Lind, Michael. Ancient Zapotec Religion. University Press of Colorado, 2015 (Pitao Peeze the god of omens; Pitao Xicala and Pixee Pecala possibly his aspects; Pitao Paa the distinct god of merchants and wealth).
- Whitecotton, Joseph W. The Zapotecs: Princes, Priests, and Peasants. University of Oklahoma Press, 1977.