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.

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