Luison - The South American Satan
Luison was said to be the lord of the night and was associated with death, he is the South American equivalent to the Christian satan. His habitat was the material world of death and so he was exclusively connected to cemeteries, burial grounds or other locations similarly tied in with the concept of death to solidify his symbol of mortality and materialism.
It was said that Luison's sole source of food was dead and rotting flesh. Luison also filled the same function as the Grim Reaper does in many European societies, and it was said that the touch of his cold, clammy hand was a sure sign that one's days on the earth were numbered.
In the original version of the myth, Luison was the seventh and last child of Tau and Kerana, and thus was the most accursed of the bunch. This is symbolising that Luison was a mortal human. If the first 6 Ages of the Great Year are dedicated to divine man, then the 7th Age is where he enters the world of mortals at the Silver Gate, as the Holy Light begins to fade and humanity including the Divine Souls begin to descend through the Lower Ages.
It is said that the Luison was difficult to defeat with conventional weapons but the light of the Sun forces Luison into the shadows. This superstition was once so intense in rural Argentina and Paraguay that parents took the symbolism literally and occasionally abandoned their seventh sons.
It is also interesting that the God of the Guaraní people is called Tau, he has the same reputation as the God of the Old Testament and is feared by the people. Tau is Path 32 on the Kabbalah Tree of Life, it symbolises the spiritual route of the soul from the Aetherel Yesod to the Physical Plane Malkuth.
The story of Tau and a beautiful human woman named Kerana (whose name translates to "The Sleeper,") is very similar to the story of Leda and the Swan and the symbolic immaculate conception of the Christ child in the womb of Mary.
Kerana was the daughter of Marangatu, a respected and benevolent human chief, this denotes royalty/divinity. Fascinated by her beauty, Tau transformed himself into a handsome young man to court her. He spent seven days attempting to win her heart, but Kerana rejected his advances. Enraged by her refusal, Tau reverted to his true spirit form, kidnapped Kerana, and carried her away into the depths of the wilderness. He made her his wife and she had seven children of which Luison was their final son. Again if we look at the hierarchy of human souls, mortal humans are the last in that succession.
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