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    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...
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    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...
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  • the Greater Antilles. Prominent Taíno deities include: Atabey Guabancex Yúcahu Rouse, Irving (1993). The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted...
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    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...
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    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'...
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    Mother goddess of fresh water and fertility. Female counterpart of the god Yúcahu. Aipaloovik, an evil sea god associated with death and destruction. Alignak...
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  • 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...
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    [citation needed] The Taínos of Kiskeya (Hispaniola) called her son, "Yúcahu|Yucahú Bagua Maorocotí", which meant "White Yuca, great and powerful as the...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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