. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. y found also in theZapotec country; and, as I have stated above, children in particularwere sacrificed to the rain god among both the Mexicans and theZapotecs. A god whom the dictionary calls Pitao-Cozobi, god of the har-vests (dios de las mieses), appears to have stood in a certain rela-tion to the rain god. Human sacrifices were also made to him, andthe people sacrificed to him were called peni-nije, peni-quij-nije, orpeni-cocijo. A special ceremony relating to the increase of the fruits of thefield was recorded from
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. y found also in theZapotec country; and, as I have stated above, children in particularwere sacrificed to the rain god among both the Mexicans and theZapotecs. A god whom the dictionary calls Pitao-Cozobi, god of the har-vests (dios de las mieses), appears to have stood in a certain rela-tion to the rain god. Human sacrifices were also made to him, andthe people sacrificed to him were called peni-nije, peni-quij-nije, orpeni-cocijo. A special ceremony relating to the increase of the fruits of thefield was recorded from the village of Quiecolani. Father Burgoarelates0 that at the time of harvesting in this village, which wasfamed throughout the province for the quantity, size, and superiorityof its maize, the ear Avhich was the largest, fullest, and most conspicu-ous for its beauty and the perfection of its kernels was selected, andthis was honored with demonstrations of all kinds; for they said Arte del idioma zapoteco, p. 215. , de Cordova. Arte, p. 215. ( Work cited, chap.
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