Xonaxi Quecuya
Zapotec · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Zapotec goddess of death, consort of Pitao Bezelao.
Domains
- death
- underworld
Powers
- Gathers the souls of the dead in the underworld
Relations
- interpretatio: MictecacihuatlXonaxi Quecuya is the female Zapotec death-deity and consort of Bezelao, the counterpart of Mictecacihuatl, female ruler of the Aztec underworld.Lind, Ancient Zapotec Religion (2015); Caso & Bernal, Urnas de Oaxaca (1952); Miller & Taube (1993) (secondary)
- spouse: Pitao BezelaoReciprocal of zapotec_pitao_bezelao.spouse — Lord and lady of death and the underworld, the divine couple of the colonial Zapotec god-lists venerated at Mitla.Lind, Ancient Zapotec Religion: An Ethnohistorical and Archaeological Perspective (2015) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Caso & Bernal (1952); patron of Lyobaa (Mitla) (secondary)