Yúcahu
| Yúkiyu Bagua Maórokoti | |
|---|---|
God of creation, the sky, the sea, bountiful harvest and peace | |
A stone representation of the three-pointed zemi found in Puerto Rico (c. 1000-1494 AD) | |
| Abode | El Yunque |
| Symbol | Three-pointed zemi, frog, rain, cassava and derivatives |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Atabey (mother) |
| Siblings | Guacar (twin), |
| Children | Boinael and Maroya |
Yúcahu —also written as Yucáhuguama Bagua Maórocoti, Yukajú, Yocajú, Yokahu or Yukiyú— was the masculine spirit of fertility in Taíno mythology. He was the supreme deity or zemi of the Pre-Columbian Taíno people along with his mother Atabey who was his feminine counterpart. Dominant in the Caribbean region at the time of Columbus’ First voyages of Discovery, the peoples associated with Taíno culture inhabited the islands of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles.