In their second union, she gave birth to the four elements: echeri (earth), curhi (fire), itsi (water) and tarhiáta (air).
In their fourth union she birthed the men and women, who she granted mítekua, knowledge, so that they could distinguish between good and evil, also giving them the gift of emitting sounds so that they could convert them into uandákua, words, and could praise their creator, and communicate with each other.
Another belief in which they are involved is that pregnant women hide or put a red bow on their belly so that the eclipse does not cause harm to the child.
He is presented as a white eagle with a large wart on his forehead; he also appears as a character painted all black with white heron plumage on his head and back; and the most frequent description is of him described as “…that stone that they said was the god Curicaueri himself.”[3] Curicaueri's main offerings were tobacco, blankets and blood; the tobacco was thrown into a fire in the form of pellets and it was believed that it's smell pleased Curicaueri, the blood from bloodletting was also thrown in the fire.
[4] Among the Purépecha is a common belief that if they stop worshipping the sun, it will punish them with terrible illnesses and rains that would destroy their crops.
[2] The entire religious life of the Purépecha people and their rituals revolved around bonfires; the smoke they produced was the only contact between men and the gods of the firmament, who fed on it.
"[4] He is represented by animals such as the turkey, which only Purépecha priests and lords were allowed to consume, as well as the eagles that were kept in captivity in the house of the Irecha.
[4] Curicaueri had many transformations, but most common are the ones he uses for traveling the Purépecha universe; the eagle for the sky, the coyote on the earth, and the snake in the underworld.