Akáinix
Yámana · deity · mythic primordial · deity
Male rainbow deity of the kína myth-cycle; brother of Lëm the Sun, and (in the Spanish Ser-Indígena / El Rompehielos tradition) husband of Hánuxa the Moon — a relation wired in this batch on Hánuxa's side to Lëm per the English passage, with the Akáinix-husband variant noted on Hánuxa. Impersonated by a mask in the kína alongside Lëm and Hánuxa. Classed as a deity with no attested divine parent.
Domains
- rainbow
- weather and fair skies
- sorcery and body painting
Powers
- flees into the sky and becomes the rainbow
- announces good weather when he appears in the sky
- works powerful sorcery (yékamush / shaman's power)
- paints himself better than anyone
Relations
- sibling: Lëm
Sources
- Wilbert, Johannes (ed.). Folk Literature of the Yamana Indians (Gusinde's collection), 1977.
- Gusinde, Martin. Die Feuerland-Indianer, Band II: Die Yamana, 1937.
- Hakai Magazine, 'The Man Who Became the Rainbow' (hakaimagazine.com); Ser Indígena / El Rompehielos, 'Cultura yámana: Akainix' (elrompehielos.com.ar).