the Sun
Mixe · deity · Mixe traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
The Sun is one of the two sacred twins who stand at the centre of Mixe mythology. In the Mixe origin narratives the twins, after their adventures upon the earth, ascend into the sky to become the Sun and the Moon, the lights of day and of night. As the day-light the Sun orders time and the world, and together with his twin he forms the paired luminaries around whom Mixe cosmology is organised.
Domains
- sun
- daylight
Powers
- to give light and order the day
Epithets
Relations
- twin sibling: the MoonThe Sun and the Moon are the sacred twins at the heart of Mixe mythology, paired siblings who become the lights of day and night.Walter S. Miller, Cuentos Mixes (Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 1956) (secondary); Frank J. Lipp, The Mixe of Oaxaca: Religion, Ritual, and Healing (University of Texas Press, 1991) (secondary)
Sources
- The Sun is one of the two sacred twins central to Mixe mythology, the elder who ascends to become the light of day.: Walter S. Miller, Cuentos Mixes (Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 1956) (secondary); Frank J. Lipp, The Mixe of Oaxaca: Religion, Ritual, and Healing (University of Texas Press, 1991) (secondary)