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
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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