Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Yúcahu was the supreme deity of the Taíno people. "They call him Yúcahu Bagua Maórocoti" is the earliest mention...

childbirth. Atabey conceived twin sons without intercourse. The best known is Yúcahu because he is the principal Taíno god who rules over the fertility of Yuca...

the Greater Antilles. Prominent Taíno deities include: Atabey Guabancex Yúcahu Rouse, Irving (1993). The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted...

centered on a supreme creator god and a fertility goddess. The creator god is Yúcahu Maórocoti and he governs the growth of the staple food, the cassava. The...

Yunque, the goddess and her cohorts would clash with their supreme deity, Yúcahu, who was believed to live there. It is also said that she is a manifestation...

Mother goddess of fresh water and fertility. Female counterpart of the god Yúcahu. Aipaloovik, an evil sea god associated with death and destruction. Alignak...

65°47′29″W / 18.31056°N 65.79139°W / 18.31056; -65.79139 Naming Etymology Yúcahu phonetic Spanish transliteration of Taíno possibly meaning 'white land'...

[citation needed] The Taínos of Kiskeya (Hispaniola) called her son, "Yúcahu|Yucahú Bagua Maorocotí", which meant "White Yuca, great and powerful as the...

Atabey (goddess), mother goddess of fresh waters and fertility (of people). Yúcahu, masculine spirit of fertility (of crops such as Yucca) along with his mother...

indigenous people believed that El Yunque was the throne of their chief god Yúcahu, so that it is the Caribbean equivalent to Mount Olympus in Greek mythology...