Monairue Jitoma

Monairue Jitoma, the Sun of Dawn, is the primordial solar father in the Uitoto cycle of the Orphans of the Sun as narrated by the Ocaina-Uitoto elder Hipólito Candre of the Igaraparaná. He is slain early in the narrative, leaving his sons Jitoma and Kechatoma orphaned; their long labour of vengeance and their eventual ascent as luminaries form the backbone of the cycle. His name marks him as an earlier or dawning solar power distinct from the fully risen sun that his son Jitoma becomes.

Children

• Jitoma
• Kechatoma

Domains

• sky

Powers

• embodies the sun of the dawn

Epithets

• Jitoma monaiya — Sun of DawnCandre Yamakuri, Hipólito & Juan Álvaro Echeverri. 2015. 'Historia de los Huérfanos del Sol'. Mundo Amazónico 6(1). (primary)

Relations

• parent: JitomaCandre Yamakuri, Hipólito & Juan Álvaro Echeverri. 2015. 'Historia de los Huérfanos del Sol'. Mundo Amazónico 6(1). (primary)
• parent: KechatomaCandre Yamakuri, Hipólito & Juan Álvaro Echeverri. 2015. 'Historia de los Huérfanos del Sol'. Mundo Amazónico 6(1). (primary)
• enemy: GaimoSlain by the predator whom his sons later destroy.Native Languages of the Americas. 'Witoto Legends'. native-languages.org. (secondary)

Sources

• Monairue Jitoma, the Dawn Sun, is the father of the twin sun-heroes Jitoma and Kechatoma, and his death sets in motion the cycle of the Orphans of the Sun.: Candre Yamakuri, Hipólito & Juan Álvaro Echeverri. 2015. 'Jaɨeni Jitoma iaɨyinoɨ ikakɨ / Historia de los Huérfanos del Sol'. Mundo Amazónico 6(1). (primary)