Editing Supay (section)

{{Short description|Andean ghost, devil, or death deity}}
{{For|Tío Supay|El Tío}}
[[Image:Diablo puneño.jpg|thumb|200px|Supay, as interpreted in a Peruvian festival]]
In the [[Quechua people|Quechua]], [[Aymara people|Aymara]], and [[Inca mythology|Inca]] mythologies, '''{{Transliteration|qu|Supay|italic=no}}''' (from {{langx|qu|supay}} "shadow"; {{langx|ay|'''Supaya'''|italic=no}}) was originally an ambivalent spirit, both benevolent and harmful, a denizen of the Incan netherworld ([[Pacha (Inca mythology)#Ukhu Pacha|Ukhu Pacha]]) who might enter the world of the living as "shadow", perhaps attempting to bring someone as companion into the world of the dead.

Some explain Supay as a single spirit or god of the subterranean realm. Either way, in the Spanish Christianized conception the Supay was turned  more or less into the Devil or demons living in Hell.