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Copiycha

Zapotec Deities

Copiycha, also rendered Copijcha, is the Zapotec god of the sun, recorded among the deities of the pre-Columbian Zapotec civilization of what is now Oaxaca, Mexico. The surviving English-language record of Copiycha is a brief listing rather than a developed narrative, so this description states only what that record supports.

Facts
Attestation
Veneration Today
Venerated in a modern revival tradition 1
Historicity
Not a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1
Function
Domain / Function
Sun 1
Identity
Gender
Male 1
Belief
Theology
Polytheistic: many gods 1
Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
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