Ngenechen
Mapuche · deity · mythic · deity
Supreme being of the Mapuche, the fourfold 'ruler of the people' embodied as paired elder and young man and woman who hold cosmic balance.
Domains
- creation
- sovereignty
Powers
- Rule and sustain the Mapuche people and the world
- Embody himself as old man, old woman, youth and maiden
Epithets
- Ngünechen
- Chaw Dios
- Nuke Dios
Relations
- equated with: Fücha