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

• parent: 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

• AlauhuíkuGerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff, 'Los Kogi: una tribu de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia', Revista del Instituto Etnológico Nacional, Bogotá (1950-51). (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: Sintana, the first ancestorBoth are counted among the sons of the Great Mother, the founding lords of the world.Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff, 'The Great Mother and the Kogi Universe: A Concise Overview', Journal of Latin American Lore 13(1): 73-113 (1987). (secondary)
• sibling: Seukúkui, the law-giving lordBoth are counted among the founding lords born of the Great Mother.Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff, 'The Great Mother and the Kogi Universe: A Concise Overview', Journal of Latin American Lore 13(1): 73-113 (1987). (secondary)

Sources

• Aldauhuíku is one of the Four Fathers / founding lords born of the Great Mother, charged in particular with the rituals of cultivated fields and wild fruits.: Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff, 'The Great Mother and the Kogi Universe: A Concise Overview', Journal of Latin American Lore 13(1): 73-113 (1987). (secondary); Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff, 'Los Kogi: una tribu de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia', Revista del Instituto Etnológico Nacional, Bogotá (1950-51). (secondary)