A ceramic effigy of Cocijo, the lightning god, with a snake tongue from the ruins of the Zapotec city of Atzompa in the Museo Comunitario Santa Maria.
A ceramic effigy of Cocijo, the lightning deity of the ancient Zapotecswith a snake tongue from the ruins of the hilltop city of Atzompa. The Museo Comunitario Santa Maria Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico. Besides being the god of rain, lightning and thunder, he was also the great creator.
Size: 3902px × 5850px
Location: Santa Maria Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photo credit: © Jon G. Fuller, Jr. / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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