Pitao Cozobi

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Pitao Cozobi is the Zapotec god of maize and agricultural fertility, central to their farming and religious life.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pitao Cozobi canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural deity ⓘ
deity ⓘ
maize deity ⓘ
associatedWith crop growth ⓘ
farming ⓘ
food abundance ⓘ
harvest ⓘ
category Agricultural gods in Mesoamerica ⓘ
culture Zapotec civilization ⓘ
domain agricultural fertility ⓘ
maize ⓘ
ethnicGroup Zapotec people ⓘ
function ensuring fertility of fields ⓘ
ensuring good harvests ⓘ
gender male (attributed in most reconstructions) ⓘ
importance central to Zapotec farming life ⓘ
central to Zapotec religious life ⓘ
languageContext Zapotec languages ⓘ
linked to: Zapotecan languages
mythology Mesoamerican mythology ⓘ
pantheon Zapotec pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Zapotec religion
region Pre-Columbian Oaxaca ⓘ
religion Zapotec religion ⓘ
role protector of maize crops ⓘ
provider of agricultural fertility ⓘ
symbol corn cob ⓘ
maize plant ⓘ
timePeriod Pre-Hispanic era ⓘ
typeOf Mesoamerican maize god ⓘ
worshipedBy Zapotec farmers ⓘ
worshipedIn Oaxaca region ⓘ
linked to: Oaxaca state

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zapotec → traditionalDeity → Pitao Cozobi ⓘ
Zapotec religion → hasMajorDeity → Pitao Cozobi ⓘ