Sintana, the first ancestor
Kogi · deity · Kogi traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Sintana is the first ancestor of Kogi tradition, the first man, born of the Great Mother and dwelling on the shore of the primal sea. He is the progenitor of humanity: the sources record that the union of the Mother with her son Sintana, and the subsequent unions among their offspring, gave rise to the human lineages of the Sierra Nevada. As one of the Mother's sons he belongs to the company of founding lords who order the world and establish its lineages, animals, colours and soils, and he is remembered as a being of solar and jaguar associations of the first importance.
Parentage
- parent: Gauteóvan, the Great Mother
Domains
- ancestry and human origins
Powers
- to father the lineages of humankind
Epithets
- SintánaKonrad Theodor Preuss, 'Forschungsreise zu den Kágaba', Anthropos, St-Gabriel-Mödling (1926). (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: Aldauhuíku, lord of cultivationBoth 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 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)
Sources
- Sintana is the first ancestor and first man of Kogi mythology, a son of the Great Mother and progenitor of humanity.: Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff, 'Los Kogi: una tribu de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia', Revista del Instituto Etnológico Nacional, Bogotá (1950-51). (secondary); Konrad Theodor Preuss, 'Forschungsreise zu den Kágaba', Anthropos, St-Gabriel-Mödling (1926). (secondary)