Pachakamáite

Pachakamáite is a benevolent sky-deity, ranked among the fathers (páwa) and named in the recorded cosmology as the son of the sun. His name is a reflex of the pan-Andean creator Pachacamac, absorbed into the Asháninka pantheon of transformer-spirits, and he is regarded as a source of goods and well-being for humankind. He belongs to the class of good spirits of whom Pavá is chief.

Parentage

• Pavá

Domains

• creation sky

Powers

• sends manufactured goods and well-being to humankind

Relations

• parent: Pavá
• ally: Tasorentsi

Sources

• Instituto Socioambiental. 'Ashaninka.' Povos Indígenas no Brasil. pib.socioambiental.org.
• Rojas Zolezzi, Enrique. 1994. Los Ashaninka: un pueblo tras el bosque. Lima: Fondo Editorial PUCP.