CORN

Corn is actually a grain, originating in South America.  After colonial settlers came to America, corn was brought back to europe as a diet staple.  Corn has to be rotated between growing fields, because of the way it depletes the soil.  The Aztecs revered corn as a holy food given to them by the gods of civilization.

Corn can be seen in the art of the Huichol people, native to mexico.  Corn is such an important part of their culture, that depicted in their art, their god of all gods, Takutzi Nakahue, is also the god that is specifically in charge of protecting corn.