Xarátanga
Purépecha · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Purépecha moon goddess of sustenance, patroness of agriculture and fishing.
Domains
- moon
- sustenance crops
Powers
- Brings maize, beans and chili to the earth
- Turns offenders into snakes for misusing her things
- Shape-shift and govern childbirth and fertility
Epithets
- Xarátanga The moon and earth goddess of growth, the sea, and the magueyRelación de Michoacán (primary)
Relations
- spouse: CuricaueriMoon 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)