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Visual depiction of Centeotl

Hover to play loop & narration. Visual depiction; cultural attribution in the metadata below.

Vol. II · Polytheism

Centeotl

Aztec maize god


the sacred young maize deity crowned with corn ears and paper flowers, his body the green stalk of corn rising from the earth toward the summer sun

Organization
Native American Spiritual Traditions
Time period
ancient – present
Location
North & South America

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Native American has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.