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 Demons

Sources

• Galinier, Jacques (2004 [1990]). The World Below: Body and Cosmos in Otomí Indian Ritual. Boulder: University Press of Colorado.