Tasorentsi
Asháninka · numen · Asháninka traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
The tasorentsi, also called amachénka, are the class of benevolent, godlike spirits who inhabit the upper sky and possess the power to transform anything by blowing upon it. They are the pantheon that created and governs the cosmos; their chief and greatest is Pavá, and Pachakamáite is counted among them. The category shades into that of the maninkari, the hidden good spirits, with whom the tasorentsi are aligned against the demonic kamári. Their name, like the divine title of Pavá, comes from the verb 'to blow', which names their essential creative act.
Domains
- creation transformation
Powers
- grasp any thing and blow it into another
Epithets
- amachénka — the good spiritsWeiss, Gerald. 1972. 'Campa Cosmology.' Ethnology 11(2): 157–172. (primary)
Relations
- ally: PaváWeiss, Gerald. 1975. Campa Cosmology. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 52(5). (primary)
- ally: PachakamáiteWeiss, Gerald. 1975. Campa Cosmology. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 52(5). (primary)
- ally: ManinkariWeiss, Gerald. 1975. Campa Cosmology. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 52(5). (primary)
Sources
- The tasorentsi are the class of true, godlike good spirits who possess the power to transform everything by blowing; they make up the pantheon that created and governs the universe, with Pavá at its head.: Weiss, Gerald. 1975. Campa Cosmology. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 52(5). (primary); Instituto Socioambiental. 'Ashaninka.' Povos Indígenas no Brasil. pib.socioambiental.org. (secondary)