Omama

The Yanomami creator-demiurge; from his union with the daughter of the water-monster Tëpërësiki the Yanomami descend. He fixed the sky, founded society's rules, and made the xapiri shaman-spirits. His brother Yoasi brought death and ills.

Domains

• creation demiurge
• shaman spirits origin

Powers

• Set the rules of society and prop up the sky
• Create the shamans' auxiliary spirits, the xapiri

Epithets

• Omama

Relations

• sibling: Yoasi

Sources

• Kopenawa & Albert, The Falling Sky (2013)
• Lizot, Yanomami ethnography; Instituto Socioambiental