Antü

Mapuche sun, light and wisdom, paired with the moon Küyen and reckoned the foremost of the ancestral Pillán spirits.

Children

• Trentren Vilu

Domains

• sun

Powers

• Pour out daylight, warmth and order over the world
• Govern the ancestral Pillán spirits as chief among them

Epithets

• Antü latin · Antu · cultThe Sun; a great power of the celestial tetrad, source of light and lifeRicardo Latcham; Tomás Guevara, on Mapuche religion (secondary)

Relations

• spouse: KuyenReciprocal of mapuche_kuyen.spouse (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
• ancestor of: Trentren ViluSun-deity reckoned foremost of the ancestral Pillán; the earth-serpent Trentren Vilu is said to be his son (parental edge already on Trentren Vilu).R.E. Latcham, La organización social y las creencias religiosas de los antiguos araucanos (1924); Mapuche flood-myth traditions making Trentren Vilu a son of Antü (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Guevara, Historia de Chile (1925); Latcham (1924) (secondary)