Tiripeme Quarencha
Purépecha · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Eastern brother of the Tiripemencha, the directional brother-gods of Curicaueri (associated with Corínguaro). Child of the creator-mother Cuerauáperi (parentId) and brother — not son — of Curicaueri; the colour/direction scheme (east = red, rising sun) is attributed to the secondary literature, while the brotherhood and direction-guardianship are from the Relación.
Parentage
- mother: Cuerauáperi
Domains
- cardinal directions
- the sun
Powers
- Guards the eastern direction and the rising sun
Relations
- sibling: CuricaueriBrother-god of Curicaueri; one of the Tiripemencha set over the directions (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 TuruptenFellow Tiripeme (western brother).Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary)
- sibling: Tiripeme XungápetiFellow Tiripeme (northern brother).Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41) (primary)
- sibling: Tiripeme CaheriFellow Tiripeme (southern 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)