Uápeani

Founding lord of the Uacúsecha, son of Sicuirancha, brother of Pauácume and uncle of Tariácuri. Authored as a mortal legendary ancestral lord. (As with Pauácume, the Relación repeats the name in a later generation; this figure is the elder founder.)

Domains

• ancestral sovereignty
• royal ancestor

Powers

• Keeps the cult and fire of Curicaueri for the lineage

Relations

• sibling: Pauácume

Sources

• Relación de Michoacán (c. 1539–41), part III
• J. Benedict Warren, The Conquest of Michoacán (1985)