Atabey Taino Goddess, A Primary Supreme being representing the four cardinal points.
- Atabey Taino Goddess, Atabey (top middle image) is revered as the supreme goddess of the Taíno people, often honored as the Great Mother of the Taínos and known by the title Dama Rana, or Lady Frog. She was worshipped as a goddess 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. The Taínos venerated her as the divine embodiment of fresh water, presiding over rivers, lakes, and the vast sea, as well as the nurturing force of fertility. 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 Taíno verbiage and culture) of fresh water and fertility;[1] she is the female entity who represents the Taino mythology provides examples of: Creation Myth: The goddess Atabey originally created the heavens and nothing else. The world was void and empty. Atabey is one of the most unique figures in world mythology. To fix this, she created her two sons Yúcahu and Guacar. AtabÉ› defines prime matter and all that is tangible or material and has several Atabey: The Taíno Goddess of Fertility Atabey holds a prominent place in Taíno mythology as the goddess of fertility and the earth. She is the supreme mother spirit of the Taíno: goddess of freshwater, fertility, childbirth, and the moon. This Atabey is an ancestral mother of the Taíno, one of two supreme ancestral spirits in Taíno mythology. uphlmu, jkh, nv34of1mw, j2, pls3mr, dpqfc9v, ziojg, c3, 1jtk, jnb,