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 Peeze

Sources

• Córdova, Fray Juan de. Vocabulario en lengua çapoteca. 1578 (Pitào xicàla, god of dreams).
• Lind, Michael. Ancient Zapotec Religion. University Press of Colorado, 2015 (Pitao Xicala god of dreams, possibly an aspect of Pitao Peeze).
• Smith-Stark, Thomas C., on Córdova's Zapotec theonyms: pixèe pecàla as 'owl, dream' difrasismo linking the dream-god and the lust-demon.