Aldauhuíku, lord of cultivation

Aldauhuíku is one of the Four Fathers, the founding lords born of the Great Mother who order the world and preside over its domains. He is specifically associated with cultivation: the sources place him in charge of the rituals connected with cultivated fields and with wild-growing fruits, making him the divine guarantor of agricultural and forest fertility within the Kogi ritual economy. As a son of the Mother he stands as brother to the other founding lords, including the first ancestor Sintana and the law-giver Seukúkui.

Parentage

• Gauteóvan, the Great Mother

Domains

• agriculture and cultivation
• wild fruits and the forest

Powers

• to govern the rites of cultivated fields and wild fruits

Epithets

• Alauhuíku

Relations

• sibling: Sintana, the first ancestor
• sibling: Seukúkui, the law-giving lord

Sources

• Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff, 'The Great Mother and the Kogi Universe: A Concise Overview', Journal of Latin American Lore 13(1): 73-113 (1987).
• Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff, 'Los Kogi: una tribu de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia', Revista del Instituto Etnológico Nacional, Bogotá (1950-51).