Mapuche mythology

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Mapuche mythology is the traditional belief system of the Mapuche people of south-central Chile and Argentina, featuring a rich pantheon of spirits, nature deities, and ancestral forces that explain the origins, order, and balance of the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South American mythology ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
indigenous belief system ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Mapuche people ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
emphasizes balance between humans and nature ⓘ
reciprocity with spirits ⓘ
respect for ancestors ⓘ
hasCoreConcept admapu (normative order and customary law) ⓘ
az mapu (cosmic and territorial order) ⓘ
küme mongen (good living, harmonious life) ⓘ
ngen (nature spirits) ⓘ
ngen antü (spirit of the sun) ⓘ
ngen ko (spirit of water) ⓘ
ngen kofke (spirit of food) ⓘ
ngen kürüf (spirit of the wind) ⓘ
ngen küyen (spirit of the moon) ⓘ
ngen lafken (spirit of the sea and lakes) ⓘ
ngen mapu (spirit of the land) ⓘ
ngen mawida (spirit of the forest) ⓘ
ngen pun (spirit of the night) ⓘ
ngen winkul (spirit of hills and mountains) ⓘ
pillán (powerful ancestral spirits) ⓘ
wekufe (malevolent spirits) ⓘ
hasCosmologicalElement Lafken Mapu (coastal and sea region) ⓘ
Minche Mapu (underworld) ⓘ
Nag Mapu (this world, earth) ⓘ
Puel Mapu (eastern lands) ⓘ
linked to: Puel Mapu

Wenu Mapu (upper world) ⓘ
hasDeityOrSpirit Anchimayen ⓘ
Caicai Vilu ⓘ
Coi Coi-Vilu ⓘ
Laftrache ⓘ
Ngenechén ⓘ
linked to: Ngenechen

Ngenhue (spirit of the household) ⓘ
Pillán ⓘ
Piwichen ⓘ
Tenten Vilu ⓘ
Wangulén (star spirits) ⓘ
Wekufe ⓘ
hasLanguage Mapudungun ⓘ
hasMythType creation myths ⓘ
etiological myths ⓘ
flood myths ⓘ
heroic narratives ⓘ
origin of landscape features ⓘ
hasRitual machitún ⓘ
nguillatún ⓘ
hasRitualObject kultrún (ceremonial drum) ⓘ
rewe (ceremonial altar or sacred tree-trunk) ⓘ
silver ornaments used in ceremonies ⓘ
trarilonko (ceremonial headband) ⓘ
hasRitualSpecialist machi ⓘ
linked to: Machi

ngenpin ⓘ
influences Mapuche agricultural rituals ⓘ
Mapuche artistic symbolism ⓘ
Mapuche customary law ⓘ
Mapuche healing practices ⓘ
Mapuche social organization ⓘ
relatedTo Andean mythologies ⓘ
linked to: Andean mythology

Argentine folklore ⓘ
Chilean folklore ⓘ
transmittedBy oral storytelling ⓘ
ritual performance ⓘ
songs and chants ⓘ

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Chilote mythology → influencedBy → Mapuche mythology ⓘ
Wallmapu → hasCulturalElement → Mapuche ceremonies ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
Ngenechen → religion → Mapuche religion ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
Pillan → mythology → Mapuche mythology ⓘ
Nguillatun → category → Mapuche rituals ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
Saavedra → hasCulturalHeritage → Mapuche traditions ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
Picunche people → religion → Mapuche religion ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
El Duende chilote → influencedBy → Mapuche mythology ⓘ
Ruka Pillan → significanceIn → Mapuche mythology ⓘ
Mapuche territory → hasReligion → Mapuche spirituality ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
Biobío River frontier zone → religionPresent → Mapuche spirituality ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
Amerindian mythology → hasPart → Mapuche mythology ⓘ
Mapuche sacred sites → hasCulturalContext → Mapuche cosmology ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
Mapuche sacred sites → hasCulturalContext → Mapuche religion ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
Nagche → religion → Mapuche spirituality ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
Mapuche communities of Wallmapu → hasReligion → Mapuche spirituality ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
Moluche → religion → Mapuche traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
kultrun → associatedWith → Mapuche spirituality ⓘ
linked to: Mapuche mythology
Mapuche crafts → basedOn → Mapuche mythology ⓘ