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Inca mythology
Articles about Inca mythology within South America & Caribbean.
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Zara-mama
Zara-mama is a name used for a maize or corn mother in accounts of Inca and broader Andean religious tradition. The figure is also written Zaramama, Sara Mama or Mama Sara. The variations reflect differences in colonial …
Ekeko
Ekeko is an Andean figure associated with prosperity, abundance and the fulfilment of everyday wishes. He is especially important in the Aymara cultural world of the Bolivian Altiplano, where he is celebrated during the …
Guachemines
Guachemines is a little-known name associated with Inca mythology and the wider religious world of the Andes. It is usually treated as referring to supernatural beings or spirits rather than to a major Inca god, culture …
Guamansuri
Guamansuri is a little-known figure associated with the mythology of the Cañari people of the northern Andean region, especially the area now known as Ecuador. He is often listed under Inca mythology because accounts of …
Huanca
Huanca is a Quechua term associated with a sacred stone, standing stone, or stone monument in the religious traditions of the central Andes. It is sometimes presented in modern lists as the name of an Inca deity, but the…
Ka-ata-killa
Ka-ata-killa is a name associated in some modern accounts with an Inca or Quechua moon goddess. The identification is uncertain, however. Unlike Mama Killa—the better-attested lunar deity of the Inca religious system—Ka-…
Khuno
Khuno is a name associated in some modern accounts with snow, storms, and severe mountain weather in the Andes. It is often placed under “Inca mythology,” but that classification requires caution. The surviving evidence …
Mama Quilla
Mama Quilla, also written Mama Killa or Mama Quila, is the Inca moon goddess and the personification of the Moon. Her name is commonly translated as “Mother Moon” in Quechua, although spellings vary because the earliest …
Mama Pacha
Mama Pacha is a name associated with the earth, the living landscape and the sustaining powers of the Andean world. It belongs to the religious and cultural sphere of Quechua-speaking peoples, including communities withi…
Mama Cocha
Mama Cocha, also written Mama Qocha, is a water mother or female personification of the sea and other great waters in Andean religious tradition, especially in accounts associated with the Inca world. Her name comes from…
Mama Allpa
Mama Allpa is a little-known female fertility figure associated with Inca mythology and the wider religious traditions of the Andes. Her name is commonly interpreted from Quechua as “Mother Earth” or “Earth Mother”: mama…