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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, god of the hereafter
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
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See also
Zapotec civilization
References
↑
Lind, Michael (2015).
Ancient Zapotec Religion
: An Ethnohistorical and Archaeological Perspective
. University Press of Colorado. p.
15.
ISBN
978-1-60732-374-7
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2025
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