Owner of the Animals
Toba · deity · timeless · Recorded classification
Toba/Qom (Gran Chaco). English 'Owner of the Animals' leads; Toba Nowet (variants No'huet, Noet, Nogüét, No'uet). The master-of-animals figure, ambivalent between protective owner and dangerous spirit; treated as a deity. Sex male in the consulted sources.
Domains
- master of animals
- shamanic power
Powers
- own and release the game species
Sources
- Nowet (No'huet / Noet) is the Toba owner/master of the animal species, an ambivalent owner-demon who governs game and confers shamanic auxiliary spirits and power.: Métraux, Alfred (1946). Myths of the Toba and Pilagá Indians of the Gran Chaco. Memoirs of the American Folklore Society 40. (secondary); Wright, Pablo G. 'Dream, Shamanism, and Power among the Toba of Formosa Province'. (secondary)