Mbói Tu'ĩ
Guaraní · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Second-born; serpent-parrot, lord of the waters (González Torres; Colmán 1929). Child of Tau + Keraná; sibling of the other six.
Parentage
Domains
- lordship of aquatic creatures and wetlands
Powers
- exist as a serpent with a parrot's head and beak
- guard the creatures of the water and the wetlands
Relations
- sibling: Teju JaguaBrother (first-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: Ao AoBrother (sixth-born). Reciprocal.González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
- sibling: LuisónBrother (seventh-born). Reciprocal.González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
Sources
- Mbói Tu'ĩ ('snake-parrot'), second-born of the seven children of Tau and Keraná, is a giant serpent with a parrot's head, lord and protector of aquatic creatures and wetlands.: Dionisio M. González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay (1980s; repr. 1995) (secondary); Narciso R. Colmán, Ñande Ypy Kuéra (1929) (secondary)