Atabey Goddess

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Atabey is the supreme goddess of the Taino, mother earth spirit, holder of the moon and waters. She is worshiped as the goddess of freshwater and fertility. The Taino fertility goddess and she is on Caribbean goddess of ponds, streams and rain. Atabey has a great affinity for woman and most often intercedes in their behalf during times of birth. In her manifestation as Caguana, she is also a goddess of love and in her wrathful manifestation as Guabancex, she is a goddess of natural disasters such as tropical storms, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Her cult was once prevalent across the whole Caribbean world, especially in Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Cuba before the arrival of Columbus and subsequent European colonization which led to essentially the complete destruction of the Taino culture, though some groups of mixed ancestry in the Caribbean still maintain some descent from them.