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Yúcahu [1] —also written as Yucáhuguama Bagua Maórocoti, Yukajú, Yocajú, Yokahu or Yukiyú— was the masculine spirit of fertility in Taíno mythology. [2] He was the supreme deity or zemi of the Pre-Columbian Taíno people along with his mother Atabey who was his feminine counterpart. [3]
Cayetano Coll y Toste's 1901 map of Puerto Rico caciques [42] The Taíno were the most culturally advanced of the Arawak group to settle in what is now Puerto Rico . [ 43 ] Individuals and kinship groups that previously had some prestige and rank in the tribe began to occupy the hierarchical position that would give way to the cacicazgo . [ 44 ]
Effigy reproduction of one of the site remains. The site also lends itself to the study of problems relating to extra-Antillean influences on the Caribbean. The evidence from the site indicates that possible influences from Mesoamerica, e.g. the ball game, are in evidence in Puerto Rico as early as 700 A.D. The presence of shell middens and ...
Sculptural zemis, or "amuletic zemis", take many forms, [6] but the most characteristically Taíno art form is the three-point stone zemi. [7]One side of the stone might have a human or animal head with the opposite side having hunched legs.
He fled to Hispaniola to what now is Dominican Republic after the 1511-16 Taino rebellion. [5] Acanorex: Cacique on Ayiti (currently Hispaniola) [6] Agüeybaná (The Great Sun) Cacique whose name means "The Great Sun" was "Supreme Cacique" in Puerto Rico who welcomed Juan Ponce de León and the conquistadors. His yucayeque was on the Guayanilla ...
The islands of the Caribbean were successively settled since at least around 5000 BC, long before European arrival in 1492. The Caribbean islands were dominated by two main cultural groups by the European contact period: the Taino and the Kalinago. Individual villages of other distinct cultural groups were also present on the larger islands.
A south Florida effigy style is known from wooden and bone carvings from various sites in the Belle Glade, Caloosahatchee, and Glades culture areas. [21] [22] The Miami Circle, a Tequesta site depicting a near-perfect circle was excavated in 1998. [23] The Seminoles are best known for their textile creations, especially patchwork clothing. Doll ...
The repeated coquí symbol suggests the influence of the coquí on art, poetry, and decorative works such as pottery in Taino society. [citation needed] In these carvings, the positioning [clarification needed] of frog-like hands represented "femaleness". In addition, coquí frogs, with their rich vocals before a rain, were said to be ...