Atabey is an ancestral mother of the Taino, one of two supreme ancestral spirits in the Taíno religion. She was worshipped as a zemi, which is an embodiment of nature and ancestral spirit, (not to be confused with a goddess, how she is commonly referred to in colonial terms to replace Taino verbiage and culture) of fresh water and fertility; she is the female entity who represents the Earth Spirit and the Spirit of all horizontal water, lakes, streams, the sea, and the marine tides. This spirit was one of the most important for the native tribes that inhabited the Caribbean islands of the Antilles, mostly in Puerto Rico (Borikén), Hispaniola, and Cuba.
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| - Atabey is an ancestral mother of the Taino, one of two supreme ancestral spirits in the Taíno religion. She was worshipped as a zemi, which is an embodiment of nature and ancestral spirit, (not to be confused with a goddess, how she is commonly referred to in colonial terms to replace Taino verbiage and culture) of fresh water and fertility; she is the female entity who represents the Earth Spirit and the Spirit of all horizontal water, lakes, streams, the sea, and the marine tides. This spirit was one of the most important for the native tribes that inhabited the Caribbean islands of the Antilles, mostly in Puerto Rico (Borikén), Hispaniola, and Cuba. (en)
- Atabey es el nombre de una divinidad femenina de los taínos, pueblo casi extinto, de origen arahuaco que ocupó una gran parte del archipiélago de las Antillas, ribereño del mar Caribe. En la mitología taína, Atabey era el principio femenino del mundo, y fue madre de Yúcahu, el principal dios de los taínos que, entre otros atributos, era la divinidad de la yuca. La concepción de Yúcahu en Atabey se realizó sin mediación de ninguna potencia masculina, por lo que Yúcahu no tuvo padre y Atabey es el principio de los demás dioses. Además de ser diosa madre, Atabey fue divinidad de la Luna, el mar, la fertilidad y el nacimiento. Los taínos rendían honores a esta diosa, y probablemente una de sus representaciones corresponda con un ser híbrido entre mujer y rana, como aparece en petroglifos del C (es)
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| - Reproduction of petroglyph depicting Atabey (en)
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| - Yúcahu and Guacar , Guabancex/Juracán (en)
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| - Atabey is an ancestral mother of the Taino, one of two supreme ancestral spirits in the Taíno religion. She was worshipped as a zemi, which is an embodiment of nature and ancestral spirit, (not to be confused with a goddess, how she is commonly referred to in colonial terms to replace Taino verbiage and culture) of fresh water and fertility; she is the female entity who represents the Earth Spirit and the Spirit of all horizontal water, lakes, streams, the sea, and the marine tides. This spirit was one of the most important for the native tribes that inhabited the Caribbean islands of the Antilles, mostly in Puerto Rico (Borikén), Hispaniola, and Cuba. Atabey or Atabeira defines prime matter and all that is tangible or material and has several manifestations. One is the aforementioned nurturing maternal figure. Another is : the spirit of love. The last is Guabancex (also known as Gua Ban Ceh): the violent, Wild Mother of storms, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Alternate names for Atabey are Iermaoakar, Apito, and Sumaiko and Taíno women prayed to Atabey to ensure safe childbirth. (en)
- Atabey es el nombre de una divinidad femenina de los taínos, pueblo casi extinto, de origen arahuaco que ocupó una gran parte del archipiélago de las Antillas, ribereño del mar Caribe. En la mitología taína, Atabey era el principio femenino del mundo, y fue madre de Yúcahu, el principal dios de los taínos que, entre otros atributos, era la divinidad de la yuca. La concepción de Yúcahu en Atabey se realizó sin mediación de ninguna potencia masculina, por lo que Yúcahu no tuvo padre y Atabey es el principio de los demás dioses. Además de ser diosa madre, Atabey fue divinidad de la Luna, el mar, la fertilidad y el nacimiento. Los taínos rendían honores a esta diosa, y probablemente una de sus representaciones corresponda con un ser híbrido entre mujer y rana, como aparece en petroglifos del Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Caguana. (es)
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