List of Zapotec deities

The Zapotec culture is polytheist. Notable deities include:

  • Cocijo, god of rain
  • Coquihani, god of light
  • Cozobi, god of maize
  • Huetexi Pea, god who measured the world
  • Cozaana, god who created animals and fish, god of the hunt, creator deity and consort of Huichaana
  • Huichaana, goddess who created men and fish, goddess of procreation and children, creator deity and consort of Cozaana
  • Copiycha, god of the sun
  • Pezeelao (also rendered Bezelao), god of death and the underworld.[1]
  • Xoo, god of earthquakes
  • Peeze, god of omens
  • Paa, god of merchants, wealth, good fortune, and happiness
  • Ziy, god of misery and misfortune
  • Xicala, god of dreams
  • Pecala, god of love and lechery[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://pueblosoriginarios.com/meso/oaxaca/zapoteca/bezelao.html
  2. ↑ Lind, Michael (2015). Ancient Zapotec Religion : An Ethnohistorical and Archaeological Perspective. University Press of Colorado. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-60732-374-7. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
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