Aóre Cha Cónhe

Aóre Cha Cónhe, 'She of the Headwaters of Aóre', is one of the three principal Maleku gods named in the recorded cosmogony, alongside Nharíne Cha Cónhe and their daughter Jáfara. She is the second tócu to come into being and takes the source of the Río Aóre as her dwelling. In the narrative she becomes the consort of the creator Nharíne Cha Cónhe, and from their union is born Jáfara, to whom Nharíne grants the lagoons of Toro lhámi. Like the other tócu she belongs to the company of river-source deities whom each Maleku clan was bound to respect and venerate.

Children

• Jáfara

Domains

• river headwaters
• divine motherhood

Powers

• to preside over the headwaters of the Río Aóre

Epithets

• Aóre cha cónheAlfredo Constenla Umaña, Gramática de la lengua guatusa, Heredia: Editorial de la Universidad Nacional, 1998. (secondary)

Relations

• lover: Nharíne Cha CónheHaving arrived as the second tócu, Aóre Cha Cónhe becomes the consort of the creator Nharíne Cha Cónhe and bears him their daughter Jáfara.Alfredo Constenla Umaña, Laca majifijica: la transformación de la tierra, San José: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 1993. (secondary)

Sources

• Aóre Cha Cónhe is the second of the Maleku tócu, goddess of the headwaters of the Río Aóre and consort of the creator Nharíne Cha Cónhe, by whom she is the mother of Jáfara.: Alfredo Constenla Umaña, Laca majifijica: la transformación de la tierra, San José: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 1993. (secondary); D. A. Solís Aguilar, "Etnografía socioespacial de las territorialidades históricas maleku en Costa Rica," Relaciones: Estudios de Historia y Sociedad, 2022, pp. 45-70. (secondary)