Tau
Guaraní · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
The evil spirit, father of the seven monsters (Colmán 1929; González Torres). Wired as spouse of Keraná and father of the seven. Type 'deity': a primordial spirit-principle. SOLITARY (as to ancestry): a primordial evil spirit with no attested parents in the folk genealogy (Colmán 1929).
Children
Domains
- the spirit of evil
- fatherhood of the seven monsters
Powers
- act as the malefic spirit that engenders monsters
Relations
- spouse: KeranáFather of the seven monsters by Keraná; reciprocal of guarani_kerana.spouse.Colmán, Ñande Ypy Kuéra (1929); González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay (secondary)
- father of: Teju JaguaGonzález Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
- father of: Mbói Tu'ĩGonzález Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
- father of: MoñáiGonzález Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
- father of: Jasy JateréGonzález Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
- father of: KurupiGonzález Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
- father of: Ao AoGonzález Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
- father of: LuisónGonzález Torres, Folklore del Paraguay; Colmán (1929) (secondary)
Sources
- Tau, the evil spirit, by the mortal Keraná (daughter of Marangatú) and under the curse of the goddess Arasy, fathers the seven monstrous children of Paraguayan-Guaraní mythology.: Narciso R. Colmán (Rosicrán), Ñande Ypy Kuéra / Nuestros antepasados (1929) (secondary); Dionisio M. González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay (Asunción, 1980s; repr. 1995) (secondary)