Pezeelao, also rendered Bezelao, is the Zapotec god of death and the underworld, recorded among the deities of the pre-Columbian Zapotec civilization of what is now Oaxaca, Mexico. The surviving English-language record of Pezeelao is a brief listing rather than a developed narrative, so this description states only what that record supports.
Facts
Attestation
Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 2 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / Function Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: 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
2. An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya
Mary Miller and Karl Taube, Thames and Hudson
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