Staff God
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The Staff God is a principal Andean deity, often depicted front-facing and holding vertical staffs, associated with creation, fertility, and cosmic order in ancient pre-Columbian religions.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Andean deity
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Andean ceramics
ⓘ
Andean stone carvings ⓘ Andean textiles ⓘ Chavín de Huántar iconography ⓘ Andean mythology ⓘ
surface form:
Inca iconography
Tiwanaku iconography ⓘ Wari iconography ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cosmic order
ⓘ
creation ⓘ fertility ⓘ |
| category |
Andean mythology
ⓘ
creator gods ⓘ fertility gods ⓘ pre-Columbian deities ⓘ |
| culture |
Andean civilizations
ⓘ
Chavín culture ⓘ Inca Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Inca culture
Tiwanaku culture ⓘ Wari Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Wari culture
|
| depiction |
figure holding vertical staffs
ⓘ
front-facing figure ⓘ |
| function |
mediator between realms
ⓘ
unifier of sky and earth ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
Bolivia
ⓘ
Andes ⓘ
surface form:
Central Andes
Peru ⓘ |
| iconographicFeature |
elaborate headdress
ⓘ
fanged mouth ⓘ radiating head ⓘ symmetrical composition ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later Andean religious iconography ⓘ |
| religion |
ancient Andean religion
ⓘ
pre-Columbian Andean religion ⓘ |
| role |
cosmic organizer
ⓘ
creator deity ⓘ fertility deity ⓘ protector of cosmic order ⓘ |
| symbol |
scepter-like object
ⓘ
staff ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Early Horizon Andes
ⓘ
Formative Period Andes ⓘ Middle Horizon Andes ⓘ |
| worshipContext |
ceremonial architecture
ⓘ
ritual art ⓘ |
| worshipedBy | ancient Andean peoples ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.