Jasy
Guaraní · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
The Moon, younger/trickster divine twin, son of Ñamandú (Cadogan 1959; Nimuendajú 1914). Wired as twin sibling of Kuarahy and child of Ñamandú. Type 'deity': demiurgic Moon, son of the creator-god.
Parentage
Domains
- the moon
- night and the trickster error
Powers
- embody the light of the moon
- err and blunder as the younger twin
Relations
- twin sibling: KuarahyYounger twin; his brother is Kuarahy, the Sun. Reciprocal of guarani_kuarahy.twin sibling.Cadogan, Ayvu Rapyta (1959); the Guaraní twin-myth (primary); Nimuendajú (1914) (secondary)
- equated with: JaciSame etymon Tupi-Guaraní *îasy 'moon'; Jaci (Tupi) and Jasy (Guaraní) are one inherited theonym.Alfred Métraux, The Religion of the Tupinamba (Handbook of South American Indians, vol. 3, 1948) (secondary)
Sources
- Jasy (Jachy), the younger of the divine twins and son of Ñande Ru, is the Moon — the erring/trickster brother whose premature look spoils the resurrection of their mother, after which he ascends as the moon.: León Cadogan, Ayvu Rapyta (1959) (primary); Curt Nimuendajú, Die Sagen ... der Apapocúva-Guaraní, ZfE 46 (1914) (secondary)