Pitao Cozobi is the Za or Zapotec Lord of Maize. He protects the fields, helping crops to grow and nourishing humanity, all His children.
Among the Mexica or Aztecs, the Lord of Maize was known as Centeotl or Cinteotl, and among the Maya it is told that He died and emerged from the Earth after being buried, just as the maize seed does during the rainy season.
In this painting, Pitao Cozobi appears holding two corn ears of different colors, a symbol of His power over the diversity of maize. Since the first humans were created from maize, corn diversity is also human diversity, celebrated and protected by Pitao Cozobi.
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