Ñanderu Mba'ekuá
Apapocúva Guaraní · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Brother of Ñamandú. Father of Jasy (the Moon-twin). Often syncretized with Tupã in mestizo Guaraní traditions.
Children
Powers
- thunder call
- rain summoning
- Make thunder, wind and rain
- Perform the second creation
Relations
- sibling: ÑamandúReciprocal of namandu.sibling — Divine 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: ÑandesyNanderu Mba'ekua begot the younger twin Jasy on Nandesy.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)