Tupã

Tupã, the thunder; the spirit of storm and lightning who in Tupi-Guarani tradition directs creation. Note: missionaries adopted 'Tupã' to translate the Christian God, but the thunder-power is the indigenous core.

Domains

• thunder storm
• creation directing

Powers

• Manifest as thunder and lightning over creation

Epithets

• Tupã

Relations

• equated with: Tupã

Sources

• Métraux, La religion des Tupinamba (1928)