Supay

thumb|200px|Supay, as interpreted in a Peruvian festival In the Quechua, Aymara, and Inca mythologies, '''''' (from "shadow"; ) was originally an ambivalent spirit, both benevolent and harmful, a denizen of the Incan netherworld (Hurin Pacha) who might enter the world of the living as "shadow", perhaps attempting to bring someone as companion into the world of the dead.

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Etymology
Supay according to chroniclers
Features
Mythology
Myth of Lago Titicaca
Modern Andean-Christian belief
Mining communities
Retablos
See also
Explanatory notes
References
Bibliography

thumb|200px|Supay, as interpreted in a Peruvian festival In the Quechua, Aymara, and Inca mythologies, '''' (from "shadow"; ) was originally an ambivalent spirit, both benevolent and harmful, a denizen of the Incan netherworld (Hurin Pacha) who might enter the world of the living as "shadow", perhaps attempting to bring someone as companion into the world of the dead.

Some explain Supay as a single spirit or god of the subterranean realm. Either way, in the Spanish Christianized conception the Supay was turned more or less into the Devil or demons living in Hell.