Jino Poto Warra, the hero sent into the underworld
Embera · demigod · Embera traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Jino Poto Warra, whose name is glossed 'child of the leg/calf,' is a hero created by Karagabí to descend into the underworld domain of Tutruicá and accomplish feats there, delivering Emberá people from the dangers of that lower realm. He belongs to the same family of Jino-Poto world-crossing beings as the crab-healer Jinopotabá, and his mission expresses the ongoing rivalry between Karagabí's ordered world and Tutruicá's underworld.
Parentage
Domains
- heroic deliverance
Powers
- to rescue the Emberá from the dangers of the underworld
Relations
- companion: Jinopotabá, the crab-healer who crosses the three worldsBoth are Jino-Poto beings who cross between the worlds; the sources treat them together within the same mythic complex.Mitología embera. Principales mitos, características y funciones. Revista Bioetnia, vol. 8, no. 1, IIAP, Quibdó, 2011. (secondary)
Sources
- Jino Poto Warra is a hero created by Karagabí to perform feats in Tutruicá's underworld and deliver the Emberá from its dangers.: Mitología embera. Principales mitos, características y funciones. Revista Bioetnia, vol. 8, no. 1, Instituto de Investigaciones Ambientales del Pacífico (IIAP), Quibdó, 2011. (secondary); Isacsson, Sven-Erik. Transformations of Eternity: On Man and Cosmos in Emberá Thought. Gothenburg: University of Gothenburg, Department of Social Anthropology, 1993. (secondary)