Yúcahu

Summary

Yúcahu —also written as Yucáhu Guama Bagua Maórocoti, Yukajú, Yocajú, Yokahu, Yukiyú, Loquo or Louquo— 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.