Cocijo

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Cocijo is the Zapotec rain and storm deity, associated with fertility, lightning, and agricultural abundance in Mesoamerican religion.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cocijo canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican deity
Zapotec deity
deity
rain deity
storm deity
associatedWith agricultural abundance
agriculture
fertility
lightning
rain
storms
thunder
category Mesoamerican mythology
Rain gods
Zapotec gods
culture Zapotec civilization
depictedAs figure with fanged mouth
figure with goggle-like eyes
figure with jaguar features
figure with serpent features
equatedWith Chaac
Tlaloc
hasDomain fields
sky
weather
hasRitual agricultural fertility rites
rain-calling ceremonies
influenced Zapotec calendar rituals
languageOrigin Zapotec
surface form: Zapotec language
mythologicalRole bringer of rain
provider of agricultural fertility
religion Zapotec religion
symbol clouds
lightning bolt
rain drops
serpents
timePeriod Classic period in Mesoamerica
surface form: Classic period Mesoamerica

Pre-Columbian era
worshipedBy Zapotecs
worshipedIn Mitla
Monte Albán
Oaxaca state
surface form: Oaxaca region

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

Tlaloc equivalentInZapotec Cocijo
Zapotec traditionalDeity Cocijo
Lambityeco associatedDeity Cocijo