Trentren Vilu
Mapuche · demigod · mythic · Recorded classification
Earth-serpent (filu = snake) who raised the mountains against the rising sea, saving humanity; said to be a son of Antü turned to serpent form.
Parentage
- parent: Antü
Domains
- earth
Powers
- Raise the earth and mountains to lift people above the flood
- Grant fleeing people wings, or turn them to stone, to survive
Epithets
- Treng-Treng Vilu The serpent of land and the heights who raises the hills to save the people from the floodMapuche oral tradition (the epew of the great flood) (secondary)
Relations
- enemy: Kaikai ViluEarth-serpent who raised the mountains against Kaikai Vilu's world-flood, saving humankind.Tomas Guevara, Folklore araucano (1911) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Latcham (1924); recorded Chilote-Mapuche oral tradition (secondary)