Pillan
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The Pillan is a powerful and respected male spirit
in Mapuche mythology
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According to the legend the Pillan are good spirits, but they can also cause disasters, since they also punish (or they allow the wekufe
to punish) with drought or flood, earthquakes, or diseases. The Antü
is the most powerful Pillan, who governs the others. In the Mapuche
tradition, a man that follows the laws of the admapu can also become a Pillan after death. The Mapuche perform a ngillatun ceremony for the Pillan, for the latter to grant benefits to the people, and to thank them for their gifts.
The Pillan have been described as spirits that live in the Wenumapu (a spiritual world of good), and those that inhabit the earth generally live inside the volcanoes. (Example: Osorno and Quetrupillán Volcano). The accompanying female spirits of the Pillan are the Wangulen spirits.
The name Pillan was used by ENAER
to name their 2 seat trainer aircraft, the T-35 Pillan
Spirit
The English word spirit has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body.The spirit of a living thing usually refers to or explains its consciousness.The notions of a person's "spirit" and "soul" often also overlap,...
in Mapuche mythology
Mapuche mythology
The beliefs of the Mapuche and their mythology, stories about to the world and creatures born of the extensive and old religious beliefs, next to a series of common legend and myths that belong to the different groups that compose the Mapuche ethnic group .-Description:In the mythology and beliefs...
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According to the legend the Pillan are good spirits, but they can also cause disasters, since they also punish (or they allow the wekufe
Wekufe
The Wekufe or Huecuve is an important type of harmful spirit or demon in Mapuche mythology.-Legend:...
to punish) with drought or flood, earthquakes, or diseases. The Antü
Antu (mapuche mythology)
Antu is the name that is designated in the Mapuche, the principal pillan spirit. Antü is the most powerful Pillan, who governs the others pillans. In the Mapuche mythology, Antu is the Sun, and is married with Kueyen a Wangulen spirit that represents the moon....
is the most powerful Pillan, who governs the others. In the Mapuche
Mapuche
The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
tradition, a man that follows the laws of the admapu can also become a Pillan after death. The Mapuche perform a ngillatun ceremony for the Pillan, for the latter to grant benefits to the people, and to thank them for their gifts.
The Pillan have been described as spirits that live in the Wenumapu (a spiritual world of good), and those that inhabit the earth generally live inside the volcanoes. (Example: Osorno and Quetrupillán Volcano). The accompanying female spirits of the Pillan are the Wangulen spirits.
The name Pillan was used by ENAER
ENAER
-History:The Maintenance Wing of the Chilean Air Force was formed in 1930 as the Maestranza Central de Aviación . On March 16, 1984, the wing was formed into company ENAER .In the early 1980s, an agreement with Piper Aircraft saw the then Ala de Mantenimiento assembling...
to name their 2 seat trainer aircraft, the T-35 Pillan
T-35 Pillán
Not to be confused with the T-35 Buckaroo. For other uses, see: T35 Not to be confused with the T-35 Buckaroo. For other uses, see: T35 ...
See also
- Choshuenco-PillánMocho-ChoshuencoMocho-Choshuenco is a glacier covered compound stratovolcano in the Andes of Los Ríos Region, Chile. It is made of the twin volcanoes Choshuenco in the northwest and the Mocho in the southeast...
- old name for Mocho-Choshuenco volcano - Pillanleufú - a river near Mocho-Choshuenco
- QuetrupillánQuetrupillánQuetrupillán Volcano is a stratovolcano located in the Araucanía Region of Chile. It is situated between Villarrica and Lanín volcanoes, within Villarrica National Park. Geologically, Quetrupillán is located in a tectonic basement block between the main traces of Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault and...
- a strato volcano near Pucón and Coñaripe. - RucapillánVillarrica (volcano)Villarrica is one of Chile's most active volcanoes, rising above the lake and town of the same name. The volcano is also known as Rucapillán, a Mapuche word meaning "House of the Pillán". It is the westernmost of three large stratovolcanoes that trend perpendicular to the Andean chain along the...
- mapudungun name for Villarrica volcano