Mother of Waters

Female primordial mother goddess, parthenogenetic mother of Yúcahu. Her violent storm-aspect is the goddess Guabancex. Recorded by Pané, the friar Columbus charged with documenting Taíno belief in 1498.

Children

• Cassava Lord

Domains

• fresh water and rivers
• fertility and childbirth

Powers

• bring forth life and the flow of fresh water

Epithets

• Yermao, Guacar, Apito, Zuimaco

Relations

• ancestor of: Cassava Lord

Sources

• Pané, Ramón. Relación acerca de las antigüedades de los indios, c. 1498.
• Stevens-Arroyo, Antonio M. Cave of the Jagua, 1988.