Chinasupay

demonic underworld mining single tradition · 1

Chinasupay is the wife of El Tío, according to Victor Montoya, who compares her to the abducted Persephone. She is also referred to as "she-devil". During the Carnaval de Oruro, costumed people enact she-devils (china-supay[s]) in the entrade parade.

When

First attested
1700 CE
Attested period
1700 – 2020
Historical notes
Strife between Catholic Church and native mining population from the late 18th century onwards.

Relationships

consort of
El Tío

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“El Tío's wife is Chinasupay ("she-devil") his wife, according to Victor Montoya, who compares Tío to the Greek Hades and his wife to the abducted Persephone.”

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