Monday, January 28, 2019, “Kótaix-Halaháches“

“Possibly, one of the most peculiar hówen (gods) of the Patagonian-Antarctic selk’nam tradition preserved in the initiation rite Hain, is “Kótaix-Halaháches”–the celestial counterpart of Jálpen, goddess of the Underworld (the Hollow Earth). Women called him “Halháches”, while men called him “Kótaix” (continued).

Life-size reproduction of the Hówen, Kótaix-Halaháchios of the southern end of Chile (National Museum of Natural History of Chile).