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Ccoa

Ccoa is a feared cat spirit of Quechua tradition, a grey and dark-striped being whose luminous eyes and ears cast streams of hail down on crops.

At a glance

Tradition
Quechua mythology
Region
South America (place of origin)
Trait family
The Rain-Holders

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Traits

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Form

  • Oversized head disproportionate to body
    why

    its head disproportionately large for a cat

  • Eyes and ears emit hail or lightning
    why

    Reference works describe its body as grey with darker horizontal stripes, its head disproportionately large for a cat, and its eyes and ears as sources of hail or lightning that it directs against crops and people, ruining harvests and killing those it strikes.

Offensive powers

  • Weather manipulation
    why

    Reference works describe its body as grey with darker horizontal stripes, its head disproportionately large for a cat, and its eyes and ears as sources of hail or lightning that it directs against crops and people, ruining harvests and killing those it strikes.

Utility powers

  • Harvest control
    why

    Ccoa is most consistently associated with hail and the destruction of crops, a serious threat in highland agricultural communities where a single storm could ruin a season's harvest.

Roles

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