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South American mythology
Articles about South American mythology within South America & Caribbean.
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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 There is no broadly accepted body of Indigenous stories, historical document…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…
Meuler
Meuler is a name associated in some modern mythological lists with Mapuche traditions of south-central Chile and adjacent Argentina. The identification is uncertain, however. The form Meuler is not a consistently documen…
Nyami Abe
Nyami Abe is a name associated with a supposed South American water being, usually presented in modern English-language accounts as a large serpent or aquatic monster. Its identity is uncertain, however. Unlike well-atte…
Oculate Being
Oculate Being is a modern descriptive name for an enigmatic supernatural figure or iconographic type associated mainly with the ancient Chavín religious tradition of the central Andes. The term refers to representations …
Omame
Omame is a name associated with Omama, a creator and culture hero in Yanomami religious traditions of the north-western Amazon. The Yanomami live mainly in territories spanning northern Brazil and southern Venezuela. In …
Page Abe
Page Abe is a little-documented figure associated in some modern reference works with the mythology of Arawakan-speaking peoples of northern South America. The name is often presented as that of a creator or supreme deit…