Mohican

  • A,  Deities,  Mohican,  Peru

    Ai Apaec

    Ai Apaec is a Peruvian deity from the North Coast in Mohican culture. He has massive fangs, a feline mouth, a jaguar-like headdress, and serpent earrings. He was called “The Decapitator” and was depicted on the pyramid of the moon. The spider-like tentacles in his depictions supposedly drained blood from victims. He was often depicted under the throne of the sky god and usually placed on a high mountain and he was thought to have a home on Cerro Blanco. He was seen as a founding deity and possibly the son of a mountain god. During times of drought or flood, he would oversee sacrifices and ask the gods to…