Quiabelagayo
Quiabelagayo is a Zapotec name associated particularly with the Oaxacan Valley pre-Columbian site of Dainzu. In Zapotec mythology and religion, Quiabelagayo has been interpreted by some researchers as a local Oaxacan equivalent of the central Mexican deity Macuilxochitl, or "Five Flower". In post-conquest censuses and maps of the region, Quiabelagayo is marked as the indigenous Zapotec toponym for the town San Mateo Macuilxochitl.
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- syncretized with
- Macuilxochitl
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“Quiabelagayo (alternatively written Guiebelagayo or Quiepelagayo) is a Zapotec name associated particularly with the Oaxacan Valley pre-Columbian site of Dainzu (known also as Macuilxochitl or Macuilsuchil). In Zapotec mythology and religion, Quiabelagayo has been interpreted by some researchers such as Alfonso Caso”
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