Boy Who Became the Sun

Otomi/Hñähñu (central Mexico). English 'Boy Who Became the Sun' leads; Otomi Hyadi means 'sun' (the boy becomes the sun). Ranked demigod per the culture-hero tier (a youth apotheosized as the sun). Counterpart to and victor over Zithü.

Domains

• sun

Powers

• leap into the sky to become the sun

Relations

• enemy: Lord of DemonsThe boy who becomes the sun opposes the Lord of Demons (Zithü) in the Otomi sun-origin myth. Old Father/Old Mother parent-edges omitted: two deity parents compute to deity, not his demigod tier.Galinier, La mitad del mundo: cuerpo y cosmos en los rituales otomíes (1990); Otomi sun-origin narratives (secondary)

Sources

• In Otomi myth a boy leapt into the sky from atop a giant tree and became the Sun, overcoming the demon-lord Zithü.: Galinier, Jacques (2004 [1990]). The World Below: Body and Cosmos in Otomí Indian Ritual. Boulder: University Press of Colorado. (secondary)