Tiripeme Caheri
Purépecha · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Southern brother of the Tiripemencha ('the great Tiripeme'), installed by the Relación as patron god of Pareo. Child of Cuerauáperi (parentId) and brother — not son — of Curicaueri; the colour/direction/war scheme (south = black, noon sun, war-squads) is attributed to the secondary literature.
Parentage
- mother: Cuerauáperi
Domains
- cardinal directions
- war and the hunt
Powers
- Guards the southern direction and the noon sun
Relations
- sibling: CuricaueriBrother-god of Curicaueri; one of the Tiripemencha (Curicaueri is their brother, not their father).Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary)
- sibling: TiripemeFellow Tiripeme; brother of the directions.Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary)
- sibling: Tiripeme QuarenchaFellow Tiripeme (eastern brother).Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary)
- sibling: Tiripeme TuruptenFellow Tiripeme (western brother).Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary)
- sibling: Tiripeme XungápetiFellow Tiripeme (northern brother).Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary); Helen Perlstein Pollard, Tariácuri's Legacy: The Prehispanic Tarascan State (1993) (secondary)