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  2. Religion in the Inca Empire - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Inca mythology - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Kingdom of Cusco - Wikipedia

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    While Viracocha's forces were outside the capital, a brother of Yahuar Huaca assassinated the Inca raptin (a substitute for the Sapa Inca's absence in Cusco) with some of Hurin Cusco members' aid. However, he failed to garner enough support from the public or the rest of the nobility before ultimately taking his own life with poison, fearing ...

  5. Inca religion - Wikipedia

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  7. Inti Raymi - Wikipedia

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    Inti Raymi, Cusco, Huacaypata, 2005 Celebration of Inti Raymi by the Salasaca, in the background the Chimborazo can be seen. 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.

  8. Pachacamac - Wikipedia

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    For the Inca, Pachacamac was extremely important to religion as well as an important administration center. When the Inca started their conquest, they had their own creation god, Viracocha . However, out of respect for the religion of their conquered people, the Inca entered Pacha Kamaq into their religion, but Pacha Kamaq and Viracocha were ...

  9. Pacha (Inca mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Other criticisms concern the notion of three realms in Inca cosmology. According to historian Juan Carlos Estenssoro, kay pacha is a missionary neologism , and, while other compounds may have been preexisting, the interpretation of pacha as "realm" could be attributed to Catholic missionaries. [ 37 ]