Toruguenket

Toruguenket
   The moon, the principle of evil in the Creation Legend of the northern Tupi-Guarani tribes. It is supposed that periodically the moon falls on the earth and destroys it and that it is the source of all baneful happenings such as floods and thunder-storms.
   Toruguenket appears to correspond to Jacy.

Who’s Who in non-classical mythology . . 2014.

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