Inca mythology 2

Ka-Ata-Killa A moon goddess from Pre-Incan times. She was worshipped in the area around Lake Titicaca.

Kon The Inca god of the rain and the southern wind. He is the son of the supreme god Inti and brother of Pachacamac. The latter drives him back to the north from which he came. However, with his withdrawal, Kon takes the rains back with him and this causes the land to wither.

Mama Allpa The harvest and earth goddess from Inca mythology. She was usually portrayed with many breasts, which indicates fertility and the nourishing powers of the earth.

Mama Cocha The Inca goddess of the sea, and provider of all the fish from the sea. She is the favorite of fishermen and mariners. The supreme god Viracocha is her husband. Her name means "Sea Mother

Mama Oello The Inca mother goddess, and daughter of the sun god Inti and the moon goddess Mama_Quilla. She taught her children (the Incas) the art of spinning

Mama Pacha Mama Pacha was the Earth Mother of the Chincha of Peru. She oversees planting and harvesting. Some depict her as a great dragon who causes earthquakes. The supreme god Pachacamac emerged from her. She is also mentioned as his consort

Mama Quilla The Inca moon goddess, daughter of Viracocha and wife of Inti. Manco Capac I (the first Inca ruler) is her son, and Mama Oello is her daughter. On earth she is represented by the foremost wife of the Inca ruler. In the Incan tongue, Her name means "Mother Moon" or "Golden Mother." She oversaw marriages, the calendar and feast days.

Manco Capac The Inca solar god and god of fire. He is the progenitor of the Inca race. Brother of Pachacamac.

Ono pacakoti The great flood in Inca mythology which Viracocha sent to destroy the race of giants he had created. He saved only two to assist him in re-creating a new world and a new race of people.

Pachacamac "Earth Maker". The supreme god and creator of the Yuncas of Peru, later adopted by the Incas. Also god of the earth. His consort is Mama Pacha and his brothers are Viracocha and Manco Capac. When he had created the first man and woman, he forgot to provide them with food. When the man died, the woman accused Pachacamac of neglect, whereupon he made her fertile, and she bore a son. The god killed the son, cut the corpse in pieces from which grew the various fruits and vegetables. The second son escaped him, however, and so the god slew the mother. This son, called Wichama, avenged his mother's death by driving Pachacamac into the sea.

Pariacaca An ancient pre-Inca god of water, rain and storms, as well as a god of creation. He was born as a falcon, but assumed a human form later. He was worshipped in the Central Andes.

Paricia The Peruvian god who brought about the deluge and flooded the earth because mortals were unkind to him

Punchau An Inca sun god. He was depicted as a warrior armed with darts

Supay The evil spirits of the Quechua-speaking Incas of Peru. It was also the name of the god of death and lord of the Incan underworld. Today the Catholic Indians of Peru and Bolivia apply the word to the Devil.

Uca Pacha In Inca mythology, Uca Pacha ("the lower world") is the underworld which lies in the center of the earth. It is a cold and dark place, where the souls of the damned are eternally hungry.

Urcaguary The Inca god of underground treasures

Vichama In Inca mythology, Vichama is the god of death and the son of Inti. His mother was murdered by his half-brother Pachacamac, and he took revenge by turning the humans who were created by Pachacamac into rocks and islands. Afterwards he hatched three eggs from which a new race of humans was born.

Viracocha The supreme Inca god, synthesis of sun-god and storm-god.

Wichama The second son of the first woman. He avenged his mother's death by driving Pachacamac, his mother's killer, into the sea.

Zaramama Zaramama or Mamazara is the Peruvian goddess of grain. Her name means "grain mother" and she was occasionally incarnated in her own fields in the form of strangely shaped ears of corn or ears that joined in multiple growths. Sometimes these goddess images were made even more like Zaramama by being dressed as human women in a robe and shawl with a silver clasp. Sometimes, Zaramama came to earth in cornstalks which were hung by her worshippers on willow trees; festive dances were held around the willows, then the cornstalks were burned, assuring a plentiful supply of corn

Source History Of The Inca Peoples

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