Centeotl: Lord Of Maize Who Was Revered Before The Olmecs By All Mesoamerica’s Inhabitants

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – Domestication of wheat in Mesopotamia and rice in India and China laid the foundation for the Neolithic revolution in Europe and Asia.

Centeotl – a drawing from the Borgia Codex. Image credit: Unknown –  Public Domain

The domestication of maize transformed the cultural development of all subsequent American civilizations.

Maize was incorporated in various ways into pre-Hispanic mythology.  In ancient times, before the Olmecs, Centeotl was revered by all the inhabitants of Mesoamerica under different names.

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