Mapuche mythology

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South American mythology cosmology indigenous belief system intangible cultural heritage mythology oral tradition religious tradition

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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Mapuche religion 2
Mapuche ceremonies 1
Mapuche rituals 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South American mythology ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
indigenous belief system ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Mapuche people NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ
emphasizes balance between humans and nature ⓘ
reciprocity with spirits ⓘ
respect for ancestors ⓘ
hasCoreConcept admapu (normative order and customary law) NERFINISHED ⓘ
az mapu (cosmic and territorial order) ⓘ
küme mongen (good living, harmonious life) ⓘ
ngen (nature spirits) ⓘ
ngen antü (spirit of the sun) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ngen ko (spirit of water) ⓘ
ngen kofke (spirit of food) ⓘ
ngen kürüf (spirit of the wind) ⓘ
ngen küyen (spirit of the moon) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ngen lafken (spirit of the sea and lakes) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ngen mapu (spirit of the land) ⓘ
ngen mawida (spirit of the forest) ⓘ
ngen pun (spirit of the night) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ngen winkul (spirit of hills and mountains) ⓘ
pillán (powerful ancestral spirits) ⓘ
wekufe (malevolent spirits) ⓘ
hasCosmologicalElement Lafken Mapu (coastal and sea region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minche Mapu (underworld) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nag Mapu (this world, earth) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puel Mapu (eastern lands) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wenu Mapu (upper world) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDeityOrSpirit Anchimayen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caicai Vilu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coi Coi-Vilu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laftrache NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngenechén NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngenhue (spirit of the household) ⓘ
Pillán NERFINISHED ⓘ
Piwichen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tenten Vilu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wangulén (star spirits) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wekufe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage Mapudungun NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMythType creation myths ⓘ
etiological myths ⓘ
flood myths ⓘ
heroic narratives ⓘ
origin of landscape features ⓘ
hasRitual machitún ⓘ
nguillatún NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRitualObject kultrún (ceremonial drum) ⓘ
rewe (ceremonial altar or sacred tree-trunk) ⓘ
silver ornaments used in ceremonies ⓘ
trarilonko (ceremonial headband) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRitualSpecialist machi NERFINISHED ⓘ
ngenpin ⓘ
influences Mapuche agricultural rituals ⓘ
Mapuche artistic symbolism ⓘ
Mapuche customary law ⓘ
Mapuche healing practices ⓘ
Mapuche social organization ⓘ
relatedTo Andean mythologies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Argentine folklore ⓘ
Chilean folklore ⓘ
transmittedBy oral storytelling ⓘ
ritual performance ⓘ
songs and chants ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chilote mythology → influencedBy → Mapuche mythology ⓘ
Wallmapu → hasCulturalElement → Mapuche mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mapuche ceremonies
Ngenechen → religion → Mapuche mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mapuche religion
Pillan → mythology → Mapuche mythology ⓘ
Nguillatun → category → Mapuche mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mapuche rituals
Saavedra → hasCulturalHeritage → Mapuche mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mapuche traditions
Picunche people → religion → Mapuche mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mapuche religion