The Tainos Semign
The Tainos, Semign, Dominican Republic
Also referred to as Semign (meaning“God” inTaino Arawak language). Inthe history books it is often said thatpolytheism was present in his life, butthat was an excuse that the Spaniardscreated for the Queen of Spainlegalized slavery.
The word cemi in the Taíno language meaning means “Ángel”, indicatesthe spiritual beings of the Taino mythology. Some of these were: YocajúBagua Maorocoti, Opiel Guobiran, Vaibrama, Corocote andMaketaurie–guava.
Previously believed that Jurakan (origin of the term hurricane) was theGod of evil, since the Pantheon was interpreted according to the dualbelief of Catholicism. Actually, there were several spirits that, when they joined, causing destruction to the Taínopeople. Juracan was the namethat gave you the tainos to the atmospheric phenomenon known today byhurricanes and tropical storms. In Taino beliefs, who really unleashedthese hurricanes was out, who was accompanied by Guatauba andCuatrisquie.
The most important mountain in the Taino culture was the mountain nowcalled El Yunque, where were the main ceremonies to his God (thecurrent name is derived from the name “Yuké”, which was the name thatthe tainos gave).
In the religious beliefs of the Tainoculture, the hupia are the spirits ofthe dead, anddiffer from the goeiza:spirits of the living. While the goeiza life had clearly, after death the spiritwas released as a hupia and went to live in the Coaybay.
In 1907, Fewkes studied Taino idols, coming to thefollowing conclusion: the tainosbelieved in twosupernatural beings called cemies who were the parents of others. Thesetwo creators parents were symbolized by idols of stone, wood or clay,whom the Indians prayed their prayers and in whose presence celebratedthe rites to implore the abundance of fruits and the happiness of thehuman race. A group of these supernatural cemies tutelaban andrepresent the ancestors of the clan. The cult of these idols weresubordinated to the families, and their images were kept in the Templeofthe chieftain.
Ramón Pané, Friar who, between 1494 and 1498, lived among the tainosof Santo Domingo, is emphatic about religious beliefs, said that Yocahu(the father creator) lives in the sky, is an immortal being that no one cansee, and although it has motherhas no beginning. His mother, Goddesswithout principle also has several names: Atabey, Yermao, Guacar, Apito,and Zuimaco. [citation needed]
Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, when he speaks of the divine couple,says: «the cemiis the Lord of the world, of heaven and Earth. Yocahu isthe Supreme divinity, son and legendary grandfather invisible andintangible as the fire, such as the wind, the Sun or the moon [citationneeded]. In Puerto Rican museums there are abundant signsof thesecurious idols, the cemies, whose form has raised among the UFOlogistsvaried speculation.
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