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Redistributing women was an extremely successful way of gaining the loyalty of those who had just been conquered by the Inca because it conferred status to the families of selected women and helped to build trust between officials and locals. Their service was also essential for establishing the Inca culture across the empire.
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 ...
[5] [6] [7] The "Sisters Wing", its women's group, was established in 1979. It is smaller and more conservative than the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), holding separate sessions at its national conventions for women. [8] [9] In 2002 it allowed a woman to address its annual convention for the first time. [10]
Mama Quilla (Quechua mama killa lit. "Mother Moon", [1] Hispanicized spelling Mama Quilla), in Inca mythology and religion, was the third power and goddess of the moon.She was the older sister and wife of Inti, daughter of Viracocha and mother of Manco Cápac and Mama Uqllu (Mama Ocllo), mythical founders of the Inca empire and culture.
The replica of the Plomo Mummy on display at the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural in Santiago, Chile. Capacocha or Qhapaq hucha [1] (Quechua: qhapaq noble, solemn, principal, mighty, royal, hucha crime, sin, guilt [2] [3] Hispanicized spellings Capac cocha, Capaccocha, Capacocha, also qhapaq ucha) was an important sacrificial rite among the Inca that typically involved the sacrifice of ...
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.
An Inca ñusta in the eighteenth century. Ñusta, which roughly translates to "princess" in the Quechua language, is a term for a highly noble or upper-class woman of Inca or Andean birth. Inca noblewomen were essentially part of the Inca Empire where they spoke the traditional Inca spoken language "Cuzco Quechua."
The replication throughout Andean South America of Inca architectural techniques, such as those employed at Coricancha, expressed the extent of Inca control over a vast geographic region. [18] Pachakutiq Inca Yupanqui rebuilt Cusco and the House of the Sun, enriching it with more oracles and edifices, and adding plates of fine gold. He provided ...