four hundred star warriors
deity sky Purépecha single tradition · 1
The four hundred star warriors are defeated by Curicaueri, who fires his sun rays like arrows. The Purépecha warriors would paint their bodies black in his honour, to represent the same battle that the sun has every night with the stars. This battle is interpreted in their ball game, where the sun is represented as the ball.
When
- First attested
- 1540 CE
- Attested period
- 1540 – 1540
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Relación de Michoacán.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Curicaueri
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In the battle with the stars, he is said to fire his sun rays like arrows, with which he defeats the four hundred star warriors.”
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