Wei

Sun deity. Father of the Makunaima brothers by the mortal woman Aromadapuén.

Children

• Anike
• Anzikilán
• Insikiran
• Makunaima
• Ma'nápe
• Pia
• Wacalambé
• Zigué

Powers

• celestial luminance
• transformation power

Epithets

• Wei latin · Wei · oralThe Sun; father of Makunaima and his brothersTheodor Koch-Grünberg, Vom Roroima zum Orinoco (secondary)

Relations

• lover: AromadapuénReciprocal of aromadapuen.lover — Mortal Pemon woman who bears the Makunaima brothers to Wei the Sun.Koch-Grunberg, Vom Roroima zum Orinoco, vol. 2 (1916/1924); de Cora, Kuai-Mare (1957) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Koch-Grünberg, Vom Roroima zum Orinoco (1924) (primary); Armellada, Tauron Panton (1964) (secondary)