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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.
Quechua legendary creatures (5 P) Pages in category "Inca mythology" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Urcuchillay, sometimes spelled as Urcachillay, [1] was a god worshiped by Incan herders, believed to be a multicolored male llama who watched over animals. [2] It was said to be the incarnation of the constellation Lyra, [3] as Urcuchillay was the name given to both the constellation and the deity.
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]
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 center of a stepped mountain or pyramid motif in the Gateway of the Sun at Tiwanaku, Bolivia.
Guarani mythology – an indigenous people of the Gran Chaco, especially in Paraguay and parts of the surrounding areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia and Some regions in the southern part of South America. Inca mythology (Religion in the Inca Empire) – a South American empire based in the central Andes mountain range.
The jaguar's formidable size, reputation as a predator, and its evolved capacities to survive in the jungle made it an animal to be revered. The Olmec and the Maya witnessed this animal's habits, adopting the jaguar as an authoritative and martial symbol, and incorporated the animal into their mythology.
Inca dragons Amaru: 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.