Cassava Lord
Taíno · deity · mythic perennial · deity
Male supreme deity. His name parses roughly as 'spirit of cassava (yuca) and of the sea (bagua), without male progenitor'. His mother is Atabey; he is sometimes said to live atop the highest mountain. The zemi (cassava-bringing) cult objects belong in materialCulture, not as figures.
Parentage
Domains
- cassava and agriculture
- sea and fertility
Powers
- give cassava and make the crops grow
Epithets
- Yúcahu Bagua Maórocoti