Inca Mythology

The inca mythology is quite contradictory, because explain the incas origins in several different ways, we must understand that the history of the incas is based in oral traditions and after the spaniards arrive, the incas history was written by spaniards with catholic versions and inca descendants with a clear inclination to the super natural; In this page you find out about the two main versions of the incas origins.

The mythology specify a common starting point for the two versions, this starting point is right after the end of the great flood of the world; Some investigators believe that this great flood is the same flood that is describe in the bible; The fact is that 8000 years ago the eruption and explosion of the volcano Etna, provoke a mega tsunami that flood most areas of Europe and it is believe that even affect south america.

The inca mythology explain that the sun, the moon and the stars born in the Titicaca lake; This could be explain because the explosion of the volcano Etna expel hundreds of tons of ash into the atmosphere, making a permanent night for years; The ash that float in the atmosphere will disappear quicker, in the lands higher of 3000 mt over the sea level; The Titicaca lake is at 3850 mt over the sea level; Archaeologists estimate that the incas ancestor walk this lands more than 8000 years ago.

The first version of the inca mythology talk about Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, as you know already, all begun right after the end of the great flood; So the mythology say: The inca god Wiracocha saw his land empty and destroy by the water, so he order to the Titicaca lake to give birth to his direct sons Manco Capac y Mama Ocllo, to make it clear, they are brothers, then Wiracocha give to Manco Capac a golden scepter.

Wiracocha explain to Manco capac to walk the land to the northwest, giving the order of wherever the scepter get into the ground easily, he should found the inca culture and teach to the people all his knowledge; There is not specifications of for how long they walk, but we know where they stop; The place where the golden scepter got deep into the ground is the hill of Huanacaure, located in the surrounding areas of the city of Cuzco.

The second version of the inca mythology talk about the legend of the Ayar brothers; Right after the end of the great flood, deep in the Andes was a cave call Pacaritambo, from this cave came out the ayar brothers, they were Ayar Uchu, Ayar Cachi, Ayar Manco and Ayar Auca, they were in company of their wifes and actual sisters Mama Ocllo, Mama Huaco, Mama Ipacura and Mama Raua; They were born without parents, some kind of spontaneous generation.

The inca mythology say: The ayar brothers walk the mountains and valleys looking for a place where to found the inca culture, in short time a fight for power begun, the first victim was Ayar cachi, he was trap inside of a cave forever, the second victim was Ayar Uchu, he was transform into an inca pyramid call Huanacauri and the final victim was Ayar Auca, he was send by his brother Ayar Manco to visit the place chosen to found the inca empire and when he arrive, he was automatically convert into stone.

The last brother Ayar Manco, got the order from the inca god Wiracocha to change his name into Manco Capac, so right then the first inca king was born; The inca mythology is not clear about the wifes of the death ayar brothers, we interpreted that the wifes follow the same destiny than her husbands; The incas have few more legends to explain the incas origins but they are not so well explain like this two.

The inca mythology has hundreds of mysteries and a vague explanation of how the incas appear; We need to understand that our concept of timing and our understanding of history, is not like the incas in those days, they did not need so much details like us, we can not criticize the level of detail of the incas mythology, because we must consider the fact that the incas history has been past from father to son for centuries, that means each time that the history was tell, part of it was lost or modify.

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