Dabaiba

Dabaiba In the mythology of the Indians of the Isthmus of Panama, a rain goddess and mother of the creator god. Dabaiba was worshipped near a river of the same name. Human sacrifices were made to her, perhaps in the hope that she would never again send a drought such as a previous one that nearly destroyed the population. In a myth of the Antioquians, Dabaiba appears as the goddess Dabeciba, and her son is Abira, the creator god.

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Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante & James R. Dow– Copyright © 2009 by Anthony S. Mercatante

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