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==Other gods or important figures== *{{Interlanguage link|Angatupyry|PT}}, spirit or personification of good, opposite to Tau *'''Pytajovái''', god of war *'''[[Pombero]]''', a popular spirit of mischief *'''[[Abaangui]]''', a god credited with the creation of the moon; may only figure as an adaptation of outlying Guarani tribes *{{Interlanguage link|Jurupari|PT}}, a god limited to worship by men, generally limited to isolated tribes in Brazil *'''Jande Jari''', "our grandmother", spirit of the river Parapetí in Bolivia *{{Interlanguage link|Plata Yvyguy|ES}}, (''Buried Treasure''), many treasures were buried during the [[Paraguayan War]], it's a tradition that if someone is to see a headless white dog that disappears and re-appears all the time in their own house, it means that Plata Yvyguy is buried under it. * '''The Celestial Jaguar''', According to a version of the legend, the mother of the heavenly twins, known as Sun and Moon, was killed by the Celestial Jaguars. The twins were raised by the [[jaguar]]s until a bird told them how their mother had been killed. The twins went on a rampage, killing all jaguars except one which was pregnant and the mother of today's primitive jaguars.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cadogan|first=León|date=1966|journal=Revista de Antropologia|volume=14|pages=105–124|issn=0034-7701|jstor=41616561|title=Animal and Plant Cults in Guarani Lore|doi=10.11606/2179-0892.ra.1966.110761 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Now, jaguars are a wild beast that are to be feared by the Guarani. It is common for the animal to be part of the beginning and end of a person's life. The meat will be eaten by a child's mother while she is pregnant and the jaguars themselves represent the souls of the dead in temples.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Clastres|first=Hélène|date=1968|title=Rites funéraires Guayaki|journal=Journal de la société des américanistes|volume=57|issue=1|pages=63–72|doi=10.3406/jsa.1968.2035}}</ref> Those that are sick, elderly, and slow-moving have also been known to have been left behind to the jaguars.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Clastres|first=Pierre|date=1968|title=Ethnographie des Indiens Guayaki (Paraguay - Brésil)|journal=Journal de la société des américanistes|volume=57|issue=1|pages=8–61|doi=10.3406/jsa.1968.2034}}</ref> {{Commons category|Guaraní mythology}}
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