![]() ![]() ![]() The condor, the puma and the serpent were 3 animals that represented the cosmovision of the Incas: the superior world of the gods, the world of the living and the world of the dead. What do the condor, the puma and the snake represent? It was represented with 2 staffs for what was also called: the god of the staffs The Incas worshiped him although not with the emphasis if compared to the sun. The myths of the Incas consider him as the creator of the sun, the moon, the stars and everything in nature. His cult was very ingrained in the civilizations before the Incas. Wiracocha – This divinity was the creator god who lived in the divine world. Even Machu Picchu was a mountain worshiped by the Incas. For example, the main ‘ Apus ‘ Incas were the Salkantay and the Ausangate. The most important were the highest peaks. These divinities were local and provided luck and protection to people. Mountains (Apus) – The Incas, like the men of the Andes many centuries ago, adored the mountains. In the Coricancha he had an enclosure destined to his adoration. However, they also feared it because it caused floods and death. The Incas adored him because it ended with the drought. Ray (Illapa) – This Inca deity decided the storms, the rains and the lightning. The most important is in the Coricancha temple. The Incas created many enclosures to venerate the moon. This divinity protected the women of the empire and regulated the winds and the state of the sea. Moon (Keel) – The moon was the wife of the sun. Many of these customs are still maintained in the Andean man of today. The Incas made offerings with chicha, coca and even animal sacrifices. Its origin is much earlier than the Incas. In his honor the Coricancha was built and the Inti Raymi was celebrated.Įarth (Pachamama) – The ‘Pachamama’ was the goddess of fertility. The Inca was the son of the sun for what was his representation in the world of the living. The sun was the husband of the ‘Pachamama’. Sun (Inti) – The sun was the main Inca divinity. For them there were several gods in nature: the sun, the moon, the earth, the stars, the lightning, etc. His power was infinite and could not be discussed. The Inca was the ‘son of the sun’, mediator between the world of the living and the world of the gods.Finally, they rise to the world of the gods. Then they travel through the world of the living. The Incas believed that men come from the earth or from the world of the dead.The world was divided into 3 planes: the world above or the gods ( Hanan Pacha), the earthly or living world ( Kay Pacha) and the world below or the dead ( Uku Pacha).Thus, they concluded that the Andean god ‘ Huiracocha‘ created the world and was represented by these deities of nature. The Incas took as their own the way of thinking of the Ande inhabitants who preceded them.Its main gods were the sun ( Inti), the earth ( Pachamama), the moon ( Killa), the ray ( Illapa), the mountains ( Apus) and many other deities. ![]() That is to say, the sun, the moon, the earth, the plants, the animals and everything that surrounds them are divine beings that have life. The Incas had a pantheistic conception of the world.What was the way of thinking of the Incas? ![]()
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