Dzahui

No origin myth or narrative genealogy for Dzahui is provided in the supplied sources. What is recorded is his functional place within Mixtec religion: a rain god represented in Mixtec codices and invoked in ritual contexts connected to rainfall, agricultural outcomes, and catastrophic conditions such as drought and disease. The sources thus situate Dzahui as a named sacred agent visible in pictorial manuscript tradition and in ritual practice, but they do not preserve a creation or origin story for the deity.

In Mixtec codices Dzahui is shown with the blue or green 'rain-goggle' mask motif characteristic of Mesoamerican rain deities. The codical imagery as reported includes exposed incisor teeth and longer, somewhat curled jaguar-like canine teeth emerging from curled lips; occasionally a blue or green protrusion is depicted emerging from his nose. These elements are the specific visual features cited in the sources.

The sources identify Dzahui as the god of rain; his domain encompasses rainfall and the agricultural and communal outcomes dependent on it (harvest success or failure). He is associated in the sources with occasions of drought and with ritual responses to disease and harvest needs. The available references do not attribute additional powers, narratives of speech or negotiation, or other personal agency beyond his influence over rain and related exigencies.