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Setebos
Deity worshipped by Caliban and Sycorax in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest
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Deity worshipped by Caliban and Sycorax in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest
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Setebos was a deity of the Tehuelche people of eastern Patagonia. The name was recorded by Europeans traveling with Ferdinand Magellan during the first circumnavigation of the world (1519–1522), and again some 58 years later by Sir Francis Drake during his (1577–1579) circumnavigation voyage. The Tehuelche language is recently extinct; since the name Setebos is not attested in more recent ethnographic studies of eastern Patagonian indigenous peoples, the reports made during the 16th century appear to be the only documented evidence of a god having this name.