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Home › Culture › Religion › Deities › South America

South America

People or Tribe (location)

  • God or Goddess – Role of deity

Various (Andes)

  • Sibu – Creator god

Various (High Andes)

  • Khuno – God of snow and storm

Various (Brazil)

  • Boiuna – Goddess of the Amazon River

Various (Caribbean, Central and South America)

  • Obatala – Most powerful of all gods; only one who knows the hiding place of the Great Almighty
  • Ogun – God of warriors

Various (Southern Chile)

  • Watauineiwa – Supreme, omnipresent god

Various (Patagonia and Pampas)

  • Maipe – Supreme god

Various (Peru)

  • Con Ticci Viracocha – Creator god
  • Kon – God of the desert
  • Tutujanawin – A supreme god and creator god
  • Xiuhtecutli – God of fire

Various (Western Peru)

  • Pariaca – The god who flooded the earth because mortals were unkind to him

Various (Venezuela)

  • Cachimana – The great spirit

Achagua (Colombia, Venezuela)

  • Baraca – God of riches

Ackawoi (Guyana)

  • Makonaima – Supreme and creator god

Alacaluf (Tierra del Fuego)

  • Xolas – Supreme being and creator

Amniapa (Bolivia, Brazil)

  • Arikuagnon – Creator god

Anserma (Colombia)

  • Xixarama – Principal god and father of the sun and the moon

Antioquian (Colombia)

  • Abira – Creator god

Apiaca (Brazil)

  • Bahyra – Creator god

Araona (Bolivia)

  • Cuati Edutzi – God of fire

Araucanian (Chile)

  • Auchimalgen – Moon goddess
  • Chonchonyi – God of men’s nightmares
  • Guinechan – Chief god
  • Huaillepenyi – God of fog
  • Meuler – God of whirlwinds and typhoons
  • Nenechen – Supreme and creator god
  • Ngurvilu – God of water, the seas, the lakes
  • Pillan – Supreme god and god of thunder and fire
  • Rañiñhuenu – Supreme being
  • Toquichen – Supreme being and creator god

Arawak (Northern Brazil, Guyana)

  • Aiomun Kondi – Supreme and creator god
  • Aluberi – The great spirit
  • Habuiri – Remote principal god and creator
  • Kururumany – Creator of man
  • Sigoo – God of mercy
  • Wa cinaci – Supreme being

Aymara (Bolivia)

  • Alaxpaca – Sky god
  • Khuno – God of snowstorms

Bare (Colombia)

  • Porana Minari – Supreme being and ruler over all

Betoi (Colombia)

  • Es – Creator and sun god

Botocudo (Brazil)

  • Taru – Sky god

Cagaba (Colombia)

  • Heiséi – God of sickness, death, and sexuality
  • Misevályue – Weather goddess and mother of dancing and singing

Caingua (Brazil)

  • Tupa – Chief god and god of storms, thunder, and lightning

Carib (Northern Brazil, Guiana, Antilles)

  • Makonaima – Supreme and creator god
  • Pura – Supreme being and creator
  • Tamosi – Supreme god

Chamacoco (Gran Chaco)

  • Eschetewaurha – All-powerful goddess mother

Chavin (Peru)

  • Onkoy – Hybrid supreme god

Chibcha (Colombia)

  • Bachue – Mother goddess and protector of crops
  • Bochica – Supreme creator and lawgiver
  • Chibchacum – God of laborers and merchants
  • Chiminagua – Omnipotent master and creator
  • Huitaca – Goddess and patron of drunkenness and misbehavior
  • Thomagata – God of thunder

Chiriguano (Bolivia)

  • Tunpa – Creator god

Conibo (Peru, Ecuador)

  • Mueraya – God who ruled the heavens

Cubeo (Colombia)

  • Homanihiko – Supreme god and creator

Cunuana (Venezuela)

  • Uanari – Creator god

Desana (Colombia)

  • Vai-mahse – God of hunting and fishing

Fuegian (Tierra del Fuego)

  • Halakwulup – Sky god

Goajiro (Venezuela)

  • Maleeiwa – Creator god

Guarani (Brazil, Paraguay)

  • Ariconte – God of night
  • Namandu – Chief god
  • Timondonar – God of light
  • Zume – ??

Guaratagaja (Bolivia, Brazil)

  • Arikuagnon – Creator god

Guarayu (Bolivia)

  • Abaangui – Creator god
  • Mbir – Creator god
  • Zaguguayu – Creator god

Huanyam (Matto Grosso)

  • Namakon – Sky god





Huarochiri (Peru)

  • Coniraya – Creator god

Ica (Colombia)

  • Ati – Highest goddess

Inca (Peru)

  • Catequil – God of thunder and lightning
  • Chuichu – Rainbow god
  • Coniraya – Creator god
  • Ilyap’a – Thunder god
  • Inti – Supreme god and sun god
  • Kilya – Goddess of matrimony
  • Mama Cocha – Goddess of the sea, water, and rain
  • Mama Kilya – Moon goddess
  • Manco-Capac – Sun god and god of fire
  • Nina – God of fire
  • Pacha-Mama – Goddess of the eart, all plants and animals, and fertility
  • Rima – God of war
  • Supai – God of death
  • Taguacipa – God of deception
  • Tuapaca – Creator god
  • Urcaguary – God of underworld treasures
  • Viracocha – Supreme god and god of law
  • Yllapa – Thunder god

Kamaiura (Northern Brazil)

  • Kuat – Sun god
  • Jakui – God of jakui flute

Kogi (Colombia)

  • Misevályue – Weather goddess and mother of dancing and singing
  • Nabia – Mother of adultery and jaguar goddess

Macheyenga (Peru)

  • Idioci – Remote sky and creator god

Makiritari (Venezuela)

  • Guanari – Always existent supreme god and creator
  • Wanadi – Celestial father of all being

Makushi (Guyana)

  • Makonaima – Supreme and creator god

Matto Grosso (Brazil)

  • Jurupari – Cult god who upholds traditional custom

Muyscaya (Colombia)

  • Chia – Moon goddess

Muzo (Colombia)

  • Ramiriqui – Creator of men and women
  • Sogamozo – Creator of men and women

Omagua (Brazil)

  • Zume Topana – Main god

Ona

  • Temaukel – Supreme god and creator god

Ono (Tierra del Fuego)

  • Kenos – Creator of human beings on the direction of the supreme god

Paressi (Bolivia)

  • Enore – Supreme god

Puelché (Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego)

  • Guayavacuni – Remote supreme being and creator

Purekamekran

  • Turpi – Supreme being

Quechua (Highland Peru)

  • Ataguju – Creator god
  • Ekkekko – Household god and god of fortune

Saliva (Colombia)

  • Barraca – God of wealth
  • Puru – Supreme being and creator

Selknam (Tierra del Fuego)

  • Temaukel – Supreme god and creator god

Shavante (Brazil)

  • Aiwamdzu – Creator and ancestor god
  • Waptokwa – Sun god and creator

Sherenti (Brazil)

  • Waptokwa – Sun god and creator

Shipibo (Brazil)

  • Iba – Omnipotent and invisible supreme god and creator

Surara (Brazil)

  • Poré – Supreme being and god of the moon

Tehuelcho (Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego)

  • Guayavacuni – Remote supreme being and creator
  • Heller – Creator of men

Tehuelhets (Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego)

  • Guayavacuni – Remote supreme being and creator

Terena (Brazil)

  • Itukoviche – Remote high god and creator

Timote (Venezuela)

  • Ches – Supreme god

Toba-Pilaga (Argentina, Paraguay)

  • Nedamik – Creator god

Tukano (Colombia)

  • Homanihiko – Supreme god and creator
  • Vai-mahse – God of hunting and fishing

Tupi (Brazil)

  • Ariconte – God of night
  • Monan – Creator god and destroyer of the world
  • Peruda – God of love and procreation
  • Timondonar – God of light
  • Tupa – Chief god and god of storms, thunder, and lightning
  • Zume – ??

Tupinamba (Northern Brazil)

  • Maire-Monan – Hero god, successor to Monam
  • Tupan – God of thunder and lightning

Uitoto (Colombia, Ecuador)

  • Naimuena – Supreme god, creator, and vegetation god

Waika (Brazil, Venezuela)

  • Omaua – Supreme and creator god

Warrau (Venezuela)

  • Kanabo – Supreme being and creator god

Winikina-Warso (Venezuela)

  • Oriwakarotu – God of dance

Yanomami (Northern Brazil)

  • Omam – Creator god

Yaruro (Venezuela)

  • Kuma – Moon goddess and creator, goddess of afterworld of happiness

Yunca (Peru)

  • Pachacamac – Supreme god and creator

Zaparo (Peru, Ecuador)

  • Piietzo – Creator god




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