Zapotec deities

thumb|right|300px| An Early Classic representation of Cocijo found at Monte Albán and now in the [[Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City.]] Cocijo ( ; occasionally spelt Cociyo, otherwise known as Guziu in the Zapotec language) is a lightning deity of the pre-Columbian Zapotec civilization of southern Mexico. He has attributes characteristic of similar Mesoamerican deities associated with rain, thunder and lightning, such as Tlaloc of central Mexico, and Chaac (or Chaak) of the Maya civilization. In the Zapotec language, the word cocijo means "lightning", as well as referring to the de