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Aguara is a mythological fox in Ava Guaraní and Chané mythology.
In oral traditions, Aguara is suffixed with tunpa ('sacred') and called Aguara-tunpa. Aguara is a trickster, sometimes described as malignant, though it also plays the part of a cultural hero. For example, Aguara is credited with stealing algarroba seeds from the Viscacha, along with capturing Vulture and demanding rubber as a ransom, thus creating rubber for mankind. He is featured in many myths with his rival Tatu-tunpa, a mythological armadillo, whom Aguara ultimately kills. Aguara frequently interacted with human beings, tricking them and having beautiful women bear his children.
Aguara is associated with the constellation Scorpius, and the "bend" of the scorpion's tail was said to be his farming corral.
References
- ^ Steward, Julian Haynes (1946). Handbook of South American Indians. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 484.
- Frazer, Sir James George (1923). Folk-Lore in the Old Testament. p. 104.
- Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society. American Folk-lore Society. 1946. p. 8.
- Erick D. Langer (19 August 2009). Expecting Pears from an Elm Tree: Franciscan Missions on the Chiriguano Frontier in the Heart of South America, 1830–1949. Duke University Press. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-8223-9091-6.
- Smith, Silvia. "El Escorpión" [Scorpio]. Cielo Sur (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-05-24. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
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