NAQ MAPU (Earth)

The Mapuche Culture has a very own integral cosmo-vision, where man and nature become one (conceptually) what is interpreted as the fijke mogen, this means the group of elements and energies that make nature.

There for, in the Mapuche World all the elements of nature -including the human being-, move by the principle of balance and unbalance. It's for this reason that man is by essence the most complex being in the system.

In the Mapuche cosmo-vision, man and the eco-systems are inserted and entwined on an inseparable dynamic network of health and welfare (kümefelen mogen), and every person has an own way of relating towards other people and the eco-systems, understanding that all these are alive and there for it's not all about humans, nature is also a source of life.

fijke mogen

kümefelen mogeñ

 

According to some research-workers, the logic in the Mapuche cosmo-vision can be divided into six dimensions of MAPU, which balance the behaviour and their belives. These dimensions are shown in the following chart:

		WAJON MAPU
		WENU MAPU
		ANKA MAPU
		NAQ MAPU
		MINCHE MAPU
		INUMA MAPU

In the Naq mapu, nature has always been considered a source of energy and of permanent resources for man. For example, from trees you get the raw-material for tools, houses, foods, heating. You can also get medicine and other things. Formerly, the Mapuche used it with moderation, extracting only what it needed, not destroying it, keeping the balance between man and nature

For the Mapuche, in the naq mapu there are gen and newen. These look alter, protect and give spiritual sense to nature's elements. If man doesn't show a respectful attitude when using the fijkemogen's resourses this could suffer negative consequences.
From the Mapuche point of view kimün (knowledge).The naq mapu is formed by the fijkemogen. That is to say, the group of lives such as:

Lafken	Che	Mawiza	Lemuntu	Zeüñ