Kientibakori
Asháninka · deity · Asháninka traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Kientibakori is the malevolent creator and dark counterpart of the benevolent transformer-gods. Where Pavá and the tasorentsi make good things by blowing, Kientibakori brings forth the demons (kamári) and the biting, venomous, and harmful creatures that plague the world. He presides over the demonic host and stands as the cosmic antagonist of the good spirits. The figure is shared with, and especially elaborated among, the closely related Matsigenka and Nomatsiguenga, and Asháninka accounts of the origin of evil beings assign them to his making.
Children
Domains
- evil creation
Powers
- brings forth demons and noxious creatures
Epithets
- Kientibakori — maker of demonsRojas Zolezzi, Enrique. 1994. Los Ashaninka: un pueblo tras el bosque. Lima: Fondo Editorial PUCP. (secondary)
Relations
- enemy: PaváRojas Zolezzi, Enrique. 1994. Los Ashaninka: un pueblo tras el bosque. Lima: Fondo Editorial PUCP. (secondary)
- child: KamáriRojas Zolezzi, Enrique. 1994. Los Ashaninka: un pueblo tras el bosque. Lima: Fondo Editorial PUCP. (secondary)
Sources
- Kientibakori is the malevolent creator, counterpart to the good transformer-gods, from whom the demons (kamári) and the harmful creatures of the world descend.: Rojas Zolezzi, Enrique. 1994. Los Ashaninka: un pueblo tras el bosque. Lima: Fondo Editorial PUCP. (secondary); Varese, Stefano. 2002 [1968]. Salt of the Mountain: Campa Asháninka History and Resistance in the Peruvian Jungle. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. (secondary)