Aulukumã
Kalapalo · deity · Kalapalo traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Aulukumã is the twin brother of Taugi, the second of the pair of powerful beings born of the wooden woman and the jaguar. Where Taugi carries the associations of the sun, Aulukumã is aligned with the moon, and in the narratives he is the quieter, more circumspect twin who shares his brother's journeys and their joint vengeance for their mother. The two are inseparable in Kalapalo tradition, and the founding of the egitsu mortuary festival belongs to them together.
Parentage
- parent: NitsuegïThe jaguar Nitsuegï is the twins' father.Ellen B. Basso, A Musical View of the Universe (1985) (secondary)
- parent: The Wooden WomanThe woman carved from wood is the twins' mother.Ellen B. Basso, A Musical View of the Universe (1985) (secondary)
Domains
- powerful being itseke
- celestial moon
Powers
- Acts as counterpart and companion to Taugi
Relations
- twin: TaugiKalapalo twin narrative in Ellen B. Basso, A Musical View of the Universe (1985) (primary)
- parent: NitsuegïThe jaguar Nitsuegï is the twins' father.Ellen B. Basso, A Musical View of the Universe (1985) (secondary)
- parent: The Wooden WomanThe woman carved from wood is the twins' mother.Ellen B. Basso, A Musical View of the Universe (1985) (secondary)
- enemy: The Jaguar's MotherShares in the vengeance on the old jaguar-woman who killed the twins' mother.Kalapalo twin narrative in Ellen B. Basso, A Musical View of the Universe (1985) (primary)
Sources
- Aulukumã is the second of the Kalapalo demiurge-twins, counterpart of Taugi and associated with the moon.: Ellen B. Basso, A Musical View of the Universe (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985) (secondary)