Omama
Yanomami · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
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 The creator-demiurge who shaped present humanity and gave the shamans the xapiri spiritsDavi Kopenawa & Bruce Albert, The Falling Sky; Jacques Lizot (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: YoasiReciprocal of yanomami_yoasi.sibling (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
Sources
- existence: Kopenawa & Albert, The Falling Sky (2013) (primary); Lizot, Yanomami ethnography; Instituto Socioambiental (secondary)