Deer Nature-Spirit (Zapotec)
Zapotec tradition of Oaxaca treats caves and underground chambers as portals to the underworld (Lyobaa), places where spirits of nature and rain are addressed. The deer, a principal game animal of the mountains, is linked to these sacred spaces in ritual and oral accounts. The entry's cave-dwelling 'Deer Nature-Spirit' is a synthesis consistent with attested Zapotec cave and animal beliefs.