Zapotec religion

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Zapotec religion is the indigenous Mesoamerican belief system of the Zapotec people, centered on a pantheon of nature and agricultural deities, ritual calendars, and elaborate ceremonial practices.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zapotec religion canonical 4
Zapotec pantheon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (85)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican religion ⓘ
ethnic religion ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ
associatedWithSiteType ballcourts ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
step pyramids ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
centralDeityType death god ⓘ
earth deity ⓘ
fertility deity ⓘ
lightning deity ⓘ
maize god ⓘ
moon deity ⓘ
rain god ⓘ
sun deity ⓘ
wind deity ⓘ
continuityIn Oaxacan Day of the Dead customs ⓘ
modern Zapotec Catholic practices ⓘ
cosmologyFeature earthly plane ⓘ
multi-layered cosmos ⓘ
sky world ⓘ
underworld realm ⓘ
geographicRegion Isthmus of Tehuantepec ⓘ
Oaxaca Valley ⓘ
Sierra Norte de Oaxaca ⓘ
hasArtifactType ceramic effigies ⓘ
incense burners ⓘ
masks ⓘ
stelae ⓘ
stone carvings ⓘ
urns ⓘ
hasConcept agricultural fertility ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ
bloodletting ⓘ
divination ⓘ
rainmaking rituals ⓘ
ritual sacrifice ⓘ
sacred calendar ⓘ
sacred caves ⓘ
sacred mountains ⓘ
solar calendar ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
hasMajorDeity Cocijo ⓘ
Coqui Bezelao ⓘ
linked to: Pitao Bezelao

Coqui Loo ⓘ
Coqui Xee ⓘ
Coqui Xoo ⓘ
linked to: Coqui Xee

Coqui Zaana ⓘ
Pitao Bezelao ⓘ
Pitao Cozobi ⓘ
Xipe Totec ⓘ
hasRitual harvest rituals ⓘ
maize planting rituals ⓘ
new fire ceremonies ⓘ
rain-calling ceremonies ⓘ
royal accession rites ⓘ
hasRitualCenter Dainzú ⓘ
Lambityeco ⓘ
Mitla ⓘ
Monte Albán ⓘ
Yagul ⓘ
hasRitualSpecialist diviner ⓘ
priest ⓘ
shaman ⓘ
influenced later Oaxacan religious practices ⓘ
influencedBy Mixtec religion ⓘ
Olmec religion ⓘ
Teotihuacan religion ⓘ
linkedTo Zapotec calendar system ⓘ
Zapotec kingship ideology ⓘ
Zapotec social hierarchy ⓘ
partOf Mesoamerican religious tradition ⓘ
practicedBy Zapotec people ⓘ
practices burial with grave goods ⓘ
calendar-based festivals ⓘ
ceremonial feasting ⓘ
funerary rituals ⓘ
offerings of food and drink ⓘ
timePeriod Classic Mesoamerica ⓘ
Postclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ
Preclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ
usesCalendar 260-day ritual calendar ⓘ
365-day solar calendar ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Zapotec script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Pitao Cozobi → religion → Zapotec religion ⓘ
Pitao Cozobi → pantheon → Zapotec pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Zapotec religion
Arroyo Group → associatedWithReligion → Zapotec religion ⓘ
Ballcourts at Monte Albán → associatedWith → Zapotec religion ⓘ
Mixtec religion → sharesTraitsWith → Zapotec religion ⓘ