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Inca mythology is the universe of legends and collective memory of the Inca civilization, which took place in the current territories of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, incorporating in the first instance, systematically, the territories of the central highlands of Peru to the north. Inca mythology was successful due to ...
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 ...
The Sun of May as seen on the national flags of Argentina and Uruguay. Inti is the ancient Inca sun god.He is revered as the national patron of the Inca state. Although most consider Inti the sun god, he is more appropriately viewed as a cluster of solar aspects, since the Inca divided his identity according to the stages of the sun. [1]
Known as the Sacred Valley, it was an important stronghold of the Inca Empire. Facing the ancient Inca ruins of Ollantaytambo in the rock face of Cerro Pinkuylluna is the 140-metre-high formation said to be a figure of Wiracochan. Inca ruins built on top of the face are also considered to represent a crown on his head.
The pacha (Quechua pronunciation: [pætʃæ]) is an Andean cosmological concept associating the physical world and space with time, [1] and corresponding with the concept of space-time. [2][3] The literal meaning of the word in Quechua is "place". Pacha can have various meanings in different contexts, and has been associated with the different ...
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 ...
In the Quechua, Aymara, and Inca mythologies, Supay was both the god of death and ruler of the Ukhu Pacha, the Incan underworld, as well as a race of demons. Supay is associated with miners ' rituals. With the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Christian priests used the name "Supay" to refer to the Christian Devil.
Inti Raymi. The Inti Raymi (Quechua for "Inti festival") [1] is a traditional religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the god Inti (Quechua for "sun"), the most venerated deity in Inca religion. It was the celebration of the winter solstice ^ – the shortest day of the year in terms of the time between sunrise and sunset – and the ...