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Inca mythology of the Inca Empire was based on pre-Inca beliefs that can be found in the Huarochirí Manuscript, and in pre-Inca cultures including Chavín, Paracas, Moche, and the Nazca culture. The mythology informed and supported Inca religion. [1] One of the most important figures in pre-Inca Andean beliefs was the creator deity Viracocha.
On Inca mythology it is described: "Dragon or rather a Chimera of Inca Mythology. It had multiple heads consisting of either a puma's, a condor's, or a llama's head with a fox's muzzle, condor wings, snake's body, fish's tail, and coated in crocodilian or lizard scales. [3]
José Gabriel Condorcanqui (c. 1742 – 18 May 1781) – known as Tupaq Amaru II – was an Indigenous leader who led a large Andean rebellion against the Spanish in Peru [4] as self-proclaimed Sapa Inca of a new Inca Empire.
In Andean mythology, the Andean condor was associated with the sun deity, [75] and was believed to be the ruler of the upper world. [76] The Andean condor is considered a symbol of power and health by many Andean cultures, and it was believed that the bones and organs of the Andean condor possessed medicinal powers, sometimes leading to the ...
Tupaq Amaru, last Inca King, prisoner of the Spaniards, 1572 (drawing by Guaman Poma de Ayala) The five captured Inca generals received a summary trial and were sentenced to death by hanging. Several had already died of torture or disease. The trial of the Sapa Inca himself began a couple of days later. Túpac Amaru was convicted of the murder ...
A theme in Inca mythology is the duality of the Cosmos. The realms were separated into the upper and lower realms, the hanan pacha and the ukhu pacha and urin pacha.Hanan pacha, the upper world, consisted of the deities of the sun, moon, stars, rainbow, and lightning while ukhu pacha and urin pacha were the realms of Pachamama, the earth mother, and the ancestors and heroes of the Inca or ...
Kuntur Wamani (Quechua kuntur condor, wamani sternum; xiphoid process; god of the Ch'anka mythology; provinces of the Inca Empire, [2] [3] Hispanicized spellings Condor Huamani, Condor Huamaní) is a mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high.
Kuntur Wamani (Quechua kuntur condor, wamani sternum; xiphoid process; god of the Ch'anka mythology; provinces of the Inca Empire, [2] [3] Hispanicized spellings Condor Huamani, Condor Huamaní) is a mountain in the Chunta mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres (15,748 ft) high.