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South and Central American Indian Gods
Auchimalgen
Auchimalgen Auchimalgen (Araucanian, Chile)
Moondgoddess, wife of the sun. Only Auchimalgen cares anything for the human
race, all the rest of the gods being utterly malevolent. Auchimalgen wards off evil
spirits and turns red when some important person is about to die.
Bacabs Bacabs Bacabs (Maya)
The gods of the four points of the compass, who hold up the sky. The lords of the
seasons.
Camazotz Camazotz (Maya)
Bat god, demon of the underworld.
Chac Chac (Mayan)
"Lightening," "the Cutter," "Lord of the nine generations." Rain god. One of the four
Bacabs, the Lord of the East. Portrayed as a red man with a long nose. Revered
particularly by farmers.
Cupara Cupara (Jivaro)
Cupara and his wife are the parents of the sun, for whom they created the moon from
mud to be his mate. The children of the sun and moon are the animals, and among
the animals is the sloth, who was the ancestor of the Jivaro.
Ek Ek Chua
Chua
God of merchants and cacao growers. Black faced with a huge nose.
Evaki Evaki (Bakairi)
Goddess of night. Evaki places the sun in a pot every night and moves the sun back to
its starting point in the east every day. Evaki stole sleep from the eyes of the lizards
and shared it with all the other living creatures.
Hunab Hunab Ku Ku, Ku also Kinebahan (Maya)
"Eyes and mouth of the sun." The Great God without Form, existing only in spirit.
The chief god of the Mayan pantheon.
Hurakan Hurakan (Maya)
God of thunderstorms and the whirlwind. His name gave us the word "hurricane." At
the behest of his friend Gucumatz, son of the Sun and the Moon, Hurakan created the
world, the animals, men and fire.