Nakawé
Huichol · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Huichol earth-grandmother and goddess of growth, savior in the flood.
Children
Domains
- earth growth
- vegetation fertility
Powers
- Makes all plants and life grow upon the earth
- Warned Watákame of the flood and saved him
Epithets
- Takutsi Nakawé Our Grandmother Growth; the aged earth- and fertility-goddess, creator of vegetationCarl Lumholtz, Unknown Mexico; R. M. Zingg, The Huichols (secondary)
Relations
- ancestor of: Tatei YurianakaEarth-grandmother mother of the soil/maize earth-mother Tatei Yurianaka, who carries Nakawé as parent.C. Lumholtz, Unknown Mexico (1902); R. Zingg, The Huichols (1938) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Lumholtz (1900); Zingg (1938) (primary)