Wan Aisa

The Miskito, whose land runs along the Mosquito Coast from Cape Camarón in Honduras to the Río Grande de Matagalpa in Nicaragua, were in the era before the Miskito kings polytheists, with gods of the sun (Lapta), the moon (Kati), thunder (Alwani) and the sea, lakes and rivers (Lidawanka). No human sacrifices are recorded.

The shaman, called sukya, healed by finding cures in dreams and blowing smoke on the afflicted place. One leading shaman at a time, the Supreme Sukya or Okuli, spoke for the evil spirits called Lasas and was revered by neighbouring tribes.

In the seventeenth century English privateers allied with the Miskito and began to crown their leaders as kings, opening a long period of European influence on the coast.