Kasogonagá

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AnimalsElephant or Anteater
GenderFemale
RegionArgentina
Ethnic groupToba people
Kasogonagá
Owner of the Storms
An illustration of Kasogonagá, depicted as an elephant on a cloud, drawn by an 11-year-old Toba boy.[1]
AnimalsElephant or Anteater
GenderFemale
RegionArgentina
Ethnic groupToba people

Kasogonagá (also spelled as Gasogonaga, Qasoxonaxa, and many other variations) is a Toba weather goddess. She appears to shamans, or pio’oxonak, in visions induced by psychoactive plants, and is described as a colorful animal with a mouth that shoots lightning.[2] She is also closely associated with the Andes mountains.[3]

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