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Modern knowledge of Taíno creation myths comes from 16th century Spanish chroniclers investigating the indigenous Caribbean culture. Columbus was very much interested in knowing about the religion of the Taínos; In his original letter to the Queen, he expressed the opinion that the natives had no religion whatsoever, however this was an attempt to persuade Isabella that it would be easy to ...
Taíno mythology is the body or collection of myths of the Taíno in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and the Greater Antilles. Prominent Taíno deities include: Atabey [1] Guabancex [2] Yúcahu [3]
In Puerto Rico, the history of the Taíno is being taught in schools, where children learn about the Taíno culture and identity through dance, costumes, and crafts. Martínez Cruzado, a geneticist at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez said celebrating and learning about their Taíno roots is helping Puerto Ricans feel connected.
Guabancex is the zemi or deity of chaos and disorder in Taíno mythology and religion, which was practiced by the Taíno people in Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Cuba, as well as by Arawak natives elsewhere in the Caribbean. She was described as a mercurial goddess that controlled the weather, conjuring storms known as "juracán" when ...
El Yunque peak in Puerto Rico is the mythological dwelling of Yúcahu. The Taíno had a well developed creation myth, which was mostly passed down via oral tradition. According to this account, in the beginning there was only Atabey, who created the heavens. However, there was still a void, where nothingness prevailed.
Atabey is an ancestral mother of the Taíno, one of two supreme ancestral spirits in Taíno mythology.She was worshipped as a zemi, which is an embodiment of nature and ancestral spirit, (not to be confused with a goddess, how she is commonly referred to in colonial terms to replace Taíno verbiage and culture) of fresh water and fertility; [1] she is the female entity who represents the ...
Taino Zemi mask from Walters Art Museum. A zemi or cemi (Taíno: semi [sÉ›mi]) [2] was a deity or ancestral spirit, and a sculptural object housing the spirit, among the Taíno people of the Caribbean. [3] Cemi’no or Zemi’no is a plural word for the spirits.
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