#cocijo

OC TIME! 🌧😈🌧

🇲🇽 working on a story based in pre-colonial Latin mythology because not only is it my cultural background, but there's just not enough of myth fan art/expansion.

I'm prob gonna throw this on a separate side blog, so if you're interested to learn more or exchange ideas, look forward to it 🇲🇽

To introduce- we follow Cocijo here, who is the rain God (he has several names depending on the region- famously known as Chaac)

In my story, he uses his ability to make clouds and storms in combat.

In myth, he usually wields an axe and has 2 serpents with him- which I added on his poncho and come into play later.

Most Latin gods had animalistic traits but could pretty much take shape as they saw fit.

As one of the main gods, Cocijo here has jaguar eyes, ears, and feet.

Mascarones de Cocijo

Representan a una de la deidades más importantes del panteón zapoteco. Porta una máscara que le cubre casi toda la cara; los ojos están enmarcados con una especie de anteojera; la nariz lleva una gruesa placa que se une a la parte inferior de la anteojera y a la máscara. Sobre la máscara se ve un gran tocado de plumas y el glifo C al centro. A los lados lleva orejeras circulares sobre una base de plumas. En la mano derecha sostiene una vasija de la que fluye una corriente de agua o río; en la izquierda tiene una serie de rayos, relacionados con su nombre de dios del rayo y del trueno.