The Twins
Tupi · demigod · mythic · Recorded classification
The heavenly Twins (Sun and Moon) of the widespread Tupi-Guarani Twin cycle: sons of the demiurge Maíra, raised by jaguars who had killed their mother, whom they avenge before ordering the world. The foundational culture-hero pair of Tupi-Guarani myth.
Parentage
- father: MaíraIn the Twin cycle the boys are sons of the demiurge Maíra by a mortal/abandoned wife.Métraux, La religion des Tupinamba (1928) (secondary)
Domains
- culture heroes vengeance
Powers
- Trap and destroy the jaguars who killed their mother
- Give the natural and social order its present form
Relations
- father: MaíraIn the Twin cycle the boys are sons of the demiurge Maíra by a mortal/abandoned wife.Métraux, La religion des Tupinamba (1928) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Métraux, La religion des Tupinamba (1928) (secondary); Nimuendajú, Die Sagen von der Erschaffung und Vernichtung der Welt (1914) (secondary)