Aiomun-Kondi, also spelt Aiomum-Kondi and Aimon-Kondi, is an
Arawak
The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of northern South America and of the Caribbean. Specifically, the term "Arawak" has been applied at various times to the Lokono of South America and the Taíno, who historically lived in the Great ...
deity, whose name means ''"top king creator god"''. Aiomum Kondi was the ruler of the gods and the sky.
He is said to have attempted to create a model
world
In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...
, but considered his first two attempts to be failures due to their inhabitants' depraved behavior. He burned his first world and flooded the second, but saved one couple from the latter;
Marerewana and his wife.
Marerewana saved himself and his family by taking shelter in a large canoe that was tied to a tree.
Aiomun-Kondi then realized that there would always be corruption in the world, and moved on.
External links
Godchecker.com article
Creator gods
Gods of the indigenous peoples of North America
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