Pitao Xicala

Zapotec ⟨Pitào Xicàla⟩, also Pitào Pecàla, 'god of dreams'. Reckoned an aspect of the omen-god Pitao Peeze and the near-twin of the lust-demon Pixèe Pecàla. Distinct from Pitao Ziy, the separate god of misery and misfortune.

Domains

• dreams

Powers

• sends dreams and gives them their meaning

Relations

• aspect of: Pitao PeezeReckoned an aspect of the omen-god Pitao Peeze, dreams falling within the same sphere of augury and fate.Lind, Ancient Zapotec Religion (2015): Pitao Xicala (god of dreams) and Pixee Pecala (god of love and lechery) may have been aspects of Pitao Peeze, the god of omens. (secondary)

Sources

• Pitao Xicala (also Pitao Pecala) is the Zapotec god of dreams — Córdova glosses Pitào xicàla 'dios de los sueños' (both xicala and pecala mean 'dream'); he was reckoned a possible aspect of the omen-god Pitao Peeze and is bound to the lust-demon Pixèe Pecàla through Córdova's 'owl-dream' difrasismo.: Córdova, Fray Juan de. Vocabulario en lengua çapoteca. 1578 (Pitào xicàla, god of dreams). (primary); Lind, Michael. Ancient Zapotec Religion. University Press of Colorado, 2015 (Pitao Xicala god of dreams, possibly an aspect of Pitao Peeze). (secondary); Smith-Stark, Thomas C., on Córdova's Zapotec theonyms: pixèe pecàla as 'owl, dream' difrasismo linking the dream-god and the lust-demon. (secondary)