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Explore myths, traditions and legendary beings grouped under South America & Caribbean.
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Iae
Iae is a name associated in some modern mythology lists with South American tradition, but its identity and cultural origin are uncertain. No single, widely recognised indigenous tradition securely establishes Iae as a g…
Jurupari
Jurupari, also written Yuruparí or Yurupary, is a name associated with Indigenous traditions of the north-western Amazon, especially the Upper Rio Negro and the Vaupés region of Brazil and Colombia. The name does not ide…
Kanassa
Kanassa is an obscure and uncertain name associated in some modern catalogues with South American mythology. Unlike widely documented figures such as Inti, Pachamama, Viracocha, or the Mapuche serpent beings, Kanassa doe…
Kasogonaga
Kasogonaga—also written Kasogonagá—is generally described as a rain serpent associated with Guaraní mythology in South America. In the brief accounts that circulate under this name, Kasogonaga is a powerful snake connect…
Kononatoo
Kononatoo is a little-documented name associated in some modern mythological compilations with Indigenous traditions of northern South America. It is usually placed within the broad cultural region of the Guianas and the…
Kuat
Kuat is a name associated with the Sun in mythic traditions of Indigenous peoples in Brazil, especially in accounts connected with the Upper Xingu cultural region. He is often described together with Iae, or a similarly …
Kulimina
Kulimina is an obscure name associated in some modern reference lists with South American mythology, but its traditional identity is uncertain. There is no broadly accepted body of Indigenous stories, historical document…
Kururumany
Kururumany is an obscure and uncertain name associated in some modern accounts with Indigenous mythology from South America, especially traditions described as Guarani or broadly Tupi-Guarani. The available material does…
Makunaima
Makunaima is a major culture hero and trickster figure in traditions associated especially with the Pemon and related Kapon-speaking peoples of the Guiana region of South America. His stories are connected with the savan…
Mani
Mani is a figure associated with an Indigenous Brazilian origin story for manioc, one of the most important food plants of tropical South America. The best-known version tells of a remarkable child whose death and burial…
Marerewana
Marerewana is a name associated in some modern mythological and folklore compilations with South American indigenous tradition. Its identity, however, is unusually uncertain. Unlike well-documented figures such as the Gu…