Ao Ao
Guaraní · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Sixth-born; man-eating pack-beast, lord of the hills, escaped only by climbing a palm (González Torres; Colmán 1929). Child of Tau + Keraná; sibling of the other six.
Parentage
Domains
- lordship of the hills and mountains
- devouring of humankind
Powers
- hunt in packs and devour human prey
- exist as a fanged sheep-bodied, wolf-headed beast
Relations
- sibling: Teju JaguaBrother (first-born). Reciprocal.González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
- sibling: Mbói Tu'ĩBrother (second-born). Reciprocal.González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
- sibling: MoñáiBrother (third-born). Reciprocal.González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
- sibling: Jasy JateréBrother (fourth-born). Reciprocal.González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
- sibling: KurupiBrother (fifth-born). Reciprocal.González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
- sibling: LuisónBrother (seventh-born). Reciprocal.González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
Sources
- Ao Ao, sixth-born of the seven children of Tau and Keraná, is a fanged sheep-bodied wolf-headed (or peccary-like) pack-beast, lord of the hills, that devours people; the one escape is climbing a palm tree.: Dionisio M. González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay (1980s; repr. 1995) (secondary); Narciso R. Colmán, Ñande Ypy Kuéra (1929) (secondary)