Curicaueri
Purépecha · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Chief Purépecha god of fire, sun and war, patron of the Uacúsecha dynasty.
Domains
- fire
- sun
- war
Powers
- Descends from heaven as a blazing fire
- Travels the cosmos as eagle, coyote and serpent
Epithets
- Curicaueri The Great Burning One; the chief fire-and-sun god of the Tarascans, lord of the ruling dynastyRelación de Michoacán (primary)
Relations
- sibling: Tiripeme QuarenchaFellow Tiripemencha rain-brother.Relación de Michoacán (c. 1540) — the Tiripemencha are the brother rain-gods of Curicaueri and Tiripeme (primary)
- sibling: Tiripeme TuruptenFellow Tiripemencha rain-brother.Relación de Michoacán (c. 1540) — the Tiripemencha are the brother rain-gods of Curicaueri and Tiripeme (primary)
- sibling: Tiripeme XungápetiFellow Tiripemencha rain-brother.Relación de Michoacán (c. 1540) — the Tiripemencha are the brother rain-gods of Curicaueri and Tiripeme (primary)
- sibling: Tiripeme CaheriFellow Tiripemencha rain-brother.Relación de Michoacán (c. 1540) — the Tiripemencha are the brother rain-gods of Curicaueri and Tiripeme (primary)
- interpretatio: HuitzilopochtliCuricaueri is the supreme Tarascan fire-sun-war god and dynastic patron of the ruling Uacusecha, paralleling Huitzilopochtli as solar war-patron of the Mexica state.Relacion de Michoacan (c. 1539-41, ed. Alcala); Pollard, Tariacuri's Legacy: The Prehispanic Tarascan State (1993) (secondary)
- descendant of: CuerauáperiCuerauaperi, 'mother of all the gods', heads the lineage of the Tarascan fire-and-sun god; recorded as descent, not parentage, to respect tier rules.Relacion de Michoacan (c. 1541) (primary)
- sibling: TiripemeReciprocal of purepecha_tiripeme.sibling — One of the five Tiripemencha, brother-gods of Curicaueri set over the world-directions.Relacion de Michoacan (c. 1541) (primary)
- spouse: XarátangaReciprocal of purepecha_xaratanga.spouse — Moon goddess paired as consort with the sun-fire god Curicaueri in the Tarascan state cult.Helen Perlstein Pollard, Tariacuri's Legacy: The Prehispanic Tarascan State (1993) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539-41) (primary)