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In Inca mythology, it was a symbol of wisdom; its imagery was placed in the children of the Houses of Knowledge "Yachay Wasikuna". Amaru was associated with the waters that irrigate agricultural lands and that allowed the existence of the Aymara people, and was also related to the underworld, the earth and earthquakes. According to myth, the ...
Chakana. The Chakana (Andean cross, "stepped cross" or "step motif" or "stepped motif") is a stepped cross motif used by the Inca and pre-incan Andean societies. The most commonly used variation of this symbol today is made up of an equal-armed cross indicating the cardinal points of the compass and a superimposed square.
Manco Cápac, the founding Inca ancestor, was thought to have been the son of Inti. According to myth, Inti taught Manco Cápac and his daughter Mama Ocllo the arts of civilization. However, another legend identifies Manco Cápac as the son of Viracocha. In a different myth, Inti is the son of the Earth goddess Pachamama and the sky god. Inti ...
Pachamama is a goddess revered by the indigenous peoples of the Andes. In Inca mythology she is an " Earth Mother " type goddess, [ 1 ] and a fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting, embodies the mountains, and causes earthquakes. She is also an ever-present and independent deity who has her own creative power to sustain ...
Viracocha (also Wiraqocha, Huiracocha; Quechua Wiraqucha) is the great creator deity in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andes region of South America. According to the myth Viracocha had human appearance [1] and was generally considered as bearded. [2] According to the myth he ordered the construction of Tiwanaku. [3]
Contents. Pacha (Inca mythology) Indigenous chronicler Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala in his Nueva coronica i buen gobierno (1615, f. 912) uses terms hanacpacha hanaq pacha and ucopacha ukhu pacha while arguing that pre-Hispanic Andeans knew of the Christian God under the name Viracocha. The pacha (Quechua pronunciation: [pætʃæ]) is an Andean ...
In mythology of Andean civilizations of South America, the amaru or katari (aymara) is a mythical serpent or dragon. In Inca mythology, Amaru is a huge double-headed serpent that dwells underground, at the bottom of lakes and rivers. [ 1 ] Illustrated with the heads of a bird and a puma, Amaru can be seen emerging from a central element in the ...
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 ...