Ñamandú
Apapocúva Guaraní · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Father of Kuarahy (the Sun-twin). Apapocúva-Guaraní creator-deity; opener of the cosmos.
Children
Powers
- celestial luminance
- origin of language
- Radiate the first light
- Create by the soul-word
Epithets
- Ñamandú The self-created First Father, who unfolded the world and human speech from the primal darknessLeón Cadogan, Ayvu Rapyta (Mbyá-Guaraní); Nimuendajú (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: Ñanderu Mba'ekuáDivine half-brothers, fathers respectively of the twins Kuarahy and Jasy.Curt Nimuendaju, Die Sagen von der Erschaffung und Vernichtung der Welt als Grundlagen der Religion der Apapocuva-Guarani (1914) (secondary)
- lover: ÑandesyNamandu begot the elder twin Kuarahy on Nandesy, the first woman.Curt Nimuendaju, Die Sagen von der Erschaffung und Vernichtung der Welt als Grundlagen der Religion der Apapocuva-Guarani (1914) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Nimuendajú (1914) (primary); Cadogan, Ayvu Rapyta (1959) (primary)