Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Azteca – Wanadi Black Sky

Wanadi Black Sky – Wanadi, the Creator
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Wanadi_Black_Sky
https://mhcc.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/28/2021/02/ENG250_Venezuela_Culture_History.pdf
https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Venezuelan-Mythology-FJVCH596ZDV

Wanadi Black Sky

Tezcat Threestar believes that power still slumbers within the the dormant Astral school obelisks. Wanadi Black Sky, the last of the Star Mystics, must be defeated in order to gain the star dust and unlock the Star School Trainer in Azteca.

“The dreamless death-sleep has ended. You will now witness… the fall of nightmare.” – Wanadi Black Sky

The Yekuhana live in Venezuela, on the northern bank of the Upper Orinoco River. Yekuhana literally means “wood/log-water-people” and refers to their water-log or dug-out canoes. The Spanish conquistadors gave them the name of Makiritare when they found them in 1759. Therefore, they are known by that name, as well.

The Yekuhana consider themselves the “true people,” who descended from Wanadi’s first human beings. They speak the original language, and anyone who lives with them and learns their language becomes one of them. Their oral literature reveals that shamans, animals, and evil beings are all able to change their form. Therefore, what identifies a true Yekuhana is language. They view those who do not speak their language and who are not familiar with the Watunna, which is the collection of their religious doctrines and the record of their ancestral people and events, to be animals.

Wanadi fills the role of creator in Venezuelan mythology

In the Venezuelan myth, Wanadi, the Creator, tells a story of Sky Wanadi’s wish to make humans on Earth, good people on Earth. Sky Wanadi created three copies of himself: Wanadi the Wise, Wanadi II and House Wanadi. When Wanadi the Wise created humans, he also created Odosha, the Master of Evil. Odosha wanted to Master of Earth just like Wanadi the Wise. Odosha made the human do evil deeds, which caused Wanandi to punish them. For years, Wanadi and his three copies spent years trying to bring goodness on Earth,but failed to do so. They left Earth, leaving behind Odosha to rule the Earth and its people.

The current list of all the (known) Azteca references are located here.

Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references, I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages.

Wanadi Black Sky image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.

Wanadi / Manco Capac / Quetzalcoatl image is slide #22 from the Pantheons. Important Terms Pantheon Polytheism / Monotheism Anthropomorphism / Theriomorphism Cosmogony / Theogony. slide show available at slideplayer.com copyright slideplayer.com

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