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Ñamandú (the first; the origin and beginning) God of the Sun in Guaraní mythology. Defined as invisible, eternal, omnipresent and omnipotent, he resides in the Eternal Abode (Yvága) where the original living beings are found. His antagonist was Aña (“El Mal” or "the evil one")

The oral myths of Mbyá guaraníes of Guairá were compiled in the essay Ayvu Rapita by the Paraguayan anthropologist and activist León Cadogan.

other names
in addition to Ñamandú or Ñanderuvusú he is also referred to as Ñanderurusú, Ñanderuguasu ("our great father") or Ñanderu pa-patenonde ("our great first-final father").

Theogony
Guaraní Mythology describes the origin of Ñamandú as follows: Ñamandú creates himself in the manner of a plant. First he affixes his roots (“the divine soles of his feet”), then extends his branches (“arms with flowering hands"), constructs his crown (“diadem of flowers and feathers”) and stands tall like a tree. then his heart begins to shine.