Fɨzido
Uitoto · demigod · Uitoto traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Fɨzido is the Uitoto trickster, described as mischievous, cunning, and daring, and the protagonist of the fire-origin narrative. Allied with the water being Buinaima, who has taken the solar name Jitoma, he swallows a rubbery resin from an ant nest to hold coals in his mouth, transforms into a small bird, and hides inside a floating fruit drifting toward the daughter of the fire's owner; brought near the hearth to be warmed, he snatches and swallows the fire. The owner curses him that the same flame will one day burn him. Through his theft fire passes to humankind as the warmth of the living body, and the birds that took part, above all the hummingbird, keep the fire's iridescent colours in their plumage.
Domains
- fire
- trickery
- transformation
Powers
- steals fire from its guardian
- brings fire to humankind
Epithets
- el travieso — the mischievous one'El Diluvio y las Hazañas de Buinaima'. mitosdecolombia.com. (secondary)
Relations
- ally: BuinaimaAllies in the winning of fire.'El Diluvio y las Hazañas de Buinaima'. mitosdecolombia.com. (secondary)
- ally: JitomaActs alongside the bearer of the solar name Jitoma in the fire episode.'El Diluvio y las Hazañas de Buinaima'. mitosdecolombia.com. (secondary)
- enemy: MuinájemaCursed by the fire's owner that the same flame would one day burn him.'El Diluvio y las Hazañas de Buinaima'. mitosdecolombia.com. (secondary)
Sources
- Fɨzido is the cunning trickster who, transforming into a bird, steals fire from its guardian and brings it to humankind.: 'El Diluvio y las Hazañas de Buinaima'. mitosdecolombia.com. (secondary); Urbina Rangel, Fernando. 2010. Las palabras del origen. Bogotá: Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia. (secondary)