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Articles about South American mythology within South America & Caribbean.
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Pariacaca
Pariacaca is a major deity in the religious traditions of the Huarochirí region of the central Peruvian Andes. He is especially well known from the Huarochirí Manuscript, a Quechua-language collection of Indigenous tradi…
Periboriwa
Periboriwa is an obscure name associated in some modern compilations with South American, especially Brazilian or Amazonian, folklore. Its identity is uncertain. Unlike well-attested figures such as the Curupira, Boitatá…
Pihuechenyi
Pihuechenyi is a frightening flying creature associated with Mapuche and wider Chilean folklore. It is commonly described as a nocturnal, blood-drinking being that inhabits remote forests, caves or other secluded places.…
Pillan
Pillan (also written Pillán, Pillan or Pu-pillan in some contexts) is a powerful spiritual figure, or class of spiritual beings, in the religious traditions of the Mapuche people of south-central Chile and western Argent…
Saracura
Saracura is a name used in Brazil for several marsh- and forest-dwelling rails, and in regional folklore for the mysterious bird whose loud call is associated with rain, wetlands and hidden water. It is not a single, uni…
Sigu
Sigu is an obscure and uncertain name associated in some modern references with South American mythology. Unlike well-documented figures such as the Guaraní Pombero, the Andean Supay or the Mapuche Pillán, Sigu does not …
Sinaa
Sinaa is an obscure name associated in some modern compilations with Indigenous mythology from South America. It is sometimes presented as a creator, sky being or supreme spirit, but its cultural origin and traditional i…
Tamendonare
Tamendonare is a figure associated with Tupi mythology in Brazil, especially with a traditional story about two brothers, a violent dispute and a catastrophic flood. He is usually presented as the more peaceful and const…
Tamula
Tamula is a name that appears in some South American mythological and folkloric contexts, but its identity is not fixed and can be difficult to pin down with certainty. In available references, Tamula is not a widely sta…
Tamusi
Tamusi is the name of a divine or ancestral figure in the traditions of some Indigenous peoples of South America, especially in the cultural world of the Siona and related peoples of the northwestern Amazon region. In su…
Tovapod
Tovapod is a poorly documented name from the broad sphere of South American mythology, but it is not a figure with a widely standardized place in the continent’s better-known Indigenous traditions. In most available refe…