Guaraci
Tupi · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Guaraci, the Sun (Tupi kuarahy); source of light and warmth and protector of living things, twin to the Moon Jaci in Tupi-Guarani cosmology.
Domains
- sun daylight
Powers
- Provide light and warmth to living things
Epithets
- Guaraci The Sun, “mother/origin of the living”; creator of the creatures of dayAndré Thevet; José de Anchieta, on Tupi belief (secondary)
Relations
- equated with: KuarahyBoth reflect Proto-Tupi-Guaraní *kʷarahɨ 'sun' (Tupi Guaraci ~ Guaraní Kuarahy), the same solar theonym.Egon Schaden, Aspectos fundamentais da cultura guaraní (1962) (secondary)
- twin sibling: JaciSun and Moon, the celestial twin pair of Tupi-Guarani cosmology, reflexes of the pan-Tupi Twin cycle.A. Métraux, La religion des Tupinamba et ses rapports avec celle des autres tribus Tupi-Guarani (1928) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Métraux, La religion des Tupinamba (1928) (secondary)