Lord of Demons

Otomi/Hñähñu (central Mexico). English 'Lord of Demons' leads; Otomi Zithü (also Zithu; 'zithü' is the Otomi word for devil/demon). A malevolent underworld deity. Antagonist of the boy-who-became-the-Sun in the Otomi solar origin myth.

Domains

• the underworld
• evil and affliction

Powers

• command the demons of the earth
• rules the band of nocturnal earth-demons

Relations

• interpretatio: Mictlantecuhtli
• enemy: Boy Who Became the Sun

Sources

• Galinier, Jacques (2004 [1990]). The World Below: Body and Cosmos in Otomí Indian Ritual. Boulder: University Press of Colorado.
• Dow, James W. (1986). The Shaman's Touch: Otomí Indian Symbolic Healing. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.