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FLYING TOGETHER: IV - JAMAICA: THE LAND WE LOVE 4
FLYING TOGETHER: IV - JAMAICA: THE LAND WE LOVE YUCAHU The religious beliefs of the Tainos were based on animism. They worshiped both, the forces of nature as well as plants and animals. Their life centered around the Yuca. Even the Supreme God was called "Yucahú", which means "white yuca", or "the spirit of the yuca". The Taínos of Quisqueya (Dominican Republic) called him "Yucahú Bagua Maorocotí", which means "White Yuca, great and powerful as the sea and the mountains". " Yucahú" was also the invisible spirit of the sky, whose mother was "Atabey", the mother of the gods and spirit of the waters. Other names for this goddess include "Guabancex", "Atabei", "Atabeyra", "Atabex", and "Guimazoa". "Juracán" was the evil god of storms. Other minor gods or "cemíes" include "Boinayel" (god of rain and the Sun god), the messenger "Guataubá", "Deminán Caracaracol" (who broke the gourd and caused the flooding of the world and the spreading of the waters), "Opiyelguabirán" (a dog-shaped god), and "Maketaori Guayaba" (the ruler of the Coaybay, the underworld).The God Yúcahu, and his mother, Goddess Atabey were their main deities. Yúcahu was the God of the sea, and also of the vegetable root that they consumed. On the other hand, Atabey was the Goddess of freshwater and fertility. They also believed in zemis or spirits, both good and evil, which were present in nature in several forms. Zemis were worshiped in order to avoid natural calamities. YUCCA (Cassava) 5
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