Coi Coi-Vilu or Caicai-Vilu (from Mapudungun

Mapudungun

The Mapuche language, Mapudungun is a language isolate spoken in south-central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people. It is also spelled Mapuzugun and sometimes called Mapudungu or Araucanian...

 Kaykayfilu: Kaykay a name, and filu "snake") is the god

God

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 of water (or goddess

Goddess

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, in some versions found in Chiloé) and of all that inhabits it and is who rules the seas; according to Mapuche

Mapuche

The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...

 myths (later also found in Chiloé). This snake was a central figure in the Origin Of The Chiloean Archipelago. In Mapuche mythology

Mapuche mythology

The beliefs of the Mapuche and their mythology, stories about to the world and creatures born of the extensive and old religious beliefs, next to a series of common legend and myths that belong to the different groups that compose the Mapuche ethnic group .-Description:In the mythology and beliefs...

, Coi Coi-Vilu is son of Peripillan (a Pillan

Pillan

The Pillan is a powerful and respected male spirit in Mapuche mythology....

).

See also

• Bakunawa
  Bakunawa
  The Bakunawa, also spelled Bakonawa, Baconaua, or Bakonaua, is a dragon in Philippine mythology that is often represented as a gigantic sea serpent...
  
  
• Chilota mythology
  Chilota mythology
  The Chilote mythology or Chilota mythology is formed by the myths, legends and beliefs of the people who live in the Chiloé Archipelago, in the south of Chile...
  
  
• Horned Serpent
• Mapuche mythology
  Mapuche mythology
  The beliefs of the Mapuche and their mythology, stories about to the world and creatures born of the extensive and old religious beliefs, next to a series of common legend and myths that belong to the different groups that compose the Mapuche ethnic group .-Description:In the mythology and beliefs...
  
  
• Ten Ten-Vilu
  Ten Ten-Vilu
  Ten Ten-Vilu or Trentren-Vilu is the god of Earth and Fertility ; he has a generous spirit and is the protector of all life on Earth, and the flora and fauna and according to some Mapuche myths...