Tau

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

• Ao Ao
• Jasy Jateré
• Kurupi
• Luisón
• Mbói Tu'ĩ
• Moñái
• Teju Jagua

Domains

• the spirit of evil
• fatherhood of the seven monsters

Powers

• act as the malefic spirit that engenders monsters

Relations

• spouse: Keraná
• father of: Teju Jagua
• father of: Mbói Tu'ĩ
• father of: Moñái
• father of: Jasy Jateré
• father of: Kurupi
• father of: Ao Ao
• father of: Luisón

Sources

• Narciso R. Colmán (Rosicrán), Ñande Ypy Kuéra / Nuestros antepasados (1929)
• Dionisio M. González Torres, Folklore del Paraguay (Asunción, 1980s; repr. 1995)