page_title: Guarani mythology
section_title: Seven legendary monsters
hierarchical_section_title: Guarani mythology / Seven legendary monsters
caption_attribution_description: Español: Taú y Keraná. Mitos guaraníes
context_page_description: The Guarani people live in south-central part of South America, especially in Paraguay and parts of the surrounding areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia.
context_section_description: Kerana, the beautiful daughter of Marangatu, was captured by the personification or spirit of evil called Tau. Together the two had seven sons who were cursed of the high goddess Arasy, and all but one were born as hideous monsters. The seven are considered primary figures in Guarani mythology, and while several of the lesser gods or even the original humans are forgotten in the verbal tradition of some areas, these seven were generally maintained in the legends. Some of them are even believed in down to modern times in some rural areas. The seven sons of Tau and Kerana are, in order of their births:
  Teju Jagua, god or spirit of caverns and fruits
  Mbói Tu'ĩ, god of waterways and aquatic creatures
  Moñái, god of the open fields.  He was defeated by the sacrifice of Porâsý
  Jasy Jatere, god of the siesta, only of the seven to not appear as a monster
  Kurupi, god of sexuality and fertility
  Ao Ao, god of hills and mountains
  Luison (or Luisõ), god of death and all things related to it
caption: Tau pursued by Kerana
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