Moñái
Guaraní · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Third-born; horned serpent, lord of the open fields, hypnotic antennae; slain in the festival/cave trap (González Torres; Colmán 1929). Child of Tau + Keraná; sibling of the other six.
Parentage
Domains
- lordship of the open fields and the air
- hoarding of plunder
Powers
- hypnotize prey with his antenna-horns
- climb and descend trees as a giant serpent to hunt
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: 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
- Moñái, third-born of the seven children of Tau and Keraná, is a giant horned serpent, lord of the open fields and the air, who hypnotizes prey with his antenna-horns and hoards plunder, and is slain in the festival-trap myth.: Dionisio M. González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay (1980s; repr. 1995) (secondary); Narciso R. Colmán, Ñande Ypy Kuéra (1929) (secondary)