He was portrayed as an old man with a white beard and a white headdress similar to a turban. He was a frightening and ruthless god of the dead who would haunt and taunt the living if they disobeyed their pagan priests or buried the dead without proper sacrifices to the gods. Many other early modern writers, including Alexander Guagnini and Lucas David, followed Grunau in their descriptions of Patollo.
He was portrayed as an elderly man with a white beard and a headdress that looked like a turban. He was a fearsome and oppressive god of the dead who would torment the living if they disobeyed their pagan priests or did not offer proper sacrifices to the gods. Other early modern writers, including Alexander Guagnini and Lucas David, similarly described Patollo.