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  2. Inca mythology - Wikipedia

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    According to legend, the founder of the Inca Dynasty in Peru and the Cusco Dynasty at Cusco was Manco Cápac. His history is unclear, especially concerning his rule at Cuzco and his origins. In one story, he was the son of Viracocha. In another, he was raised from the depths of Lake Titicaca by the sun god Inti. Commoners were not allowed to ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Pachamama - Wikipedia

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    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 life on ...

  5. Pacha (Inca mythology) - Wikipedia

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    [28] [29] Hanan pacha would have been inhabited by both Inti, the masculine sun god, and Mama Killa, the feminine moon goddess. [24] In addition to this, Illapa, the god of thunder and lightning, also would have existed in the hanan pacha realm. [24] Attested colonial use of the compound would be a reinterpretarion of a preexisting concept. [30]

  6. Inti - Wikipedia

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    In a different myth, Inti is the son of the Earth goddess Pachamama and the sky god. Inti also becomes the second husband of Pachamama. [citation needed] The sun-god Inti on an exhibit in the Bode-Museum, Berlin, Germany. Inti ordered his children to build the Inca capital where a divine golden bar or wedge they carried with them penetrated the ...

  7. Viracocha - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. List of Native American deities - Wikipedia

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    God of the sun and of good weather; Marohu's twin brother. Márohu: God of the moon and of rain, rainstorms, and floods; Boinayel's twin brother. Maketaori Guayaba: The god of Coaybay or Coabey, the land of the dead. Opiyel Guabiron: A dog-shaped god that watched over the dead; often associated with the Greek Cerberus. Tongva: Chinigchinix

  9. Purépecha deities - Wikipedia

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    Were the forest gods. [1] God of Hell The Cuingo celebration sacrifices (skin removal) were dedicated to the God of hell. [1] Xaratanga “The one who appears on top” or “the one who illuminates or shines”, goddess of the moon and maintenance, she made plants germinate and took care of men and animals.