Viracocha Inca information

Viracocha (in hispanicized spelling) or Wiraqucha (Quechua, the name of a god) (c. 1410 – 1438) was the eighth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco (beginning...

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...

into the fold of the Tawantinsuyo. In the Inca Virachocha legend, Manco Cápac was the son of Inca Viracocha of Paqariq Tampu which is 25 km (16 mi) south...

city together with a few noblemen after his father Viracocha Inca and the legitimate successor Inca Urco escaped from Cusco. After fierce resistance they...

The ruler, Inca Viracocha, and his co-ruler Urco, fled the scene, while Cusi Yupanqui rallied the army, accompanied by four of Viracocha's generals, and...

The Sapa Inca (from Quechua Sapan Inka; lit. 'the only emperor') was the monarch of the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu), as well as ruler of the earlier Kingdom...

mother of Inca Urco, the monarch's favorite son, and Inca Socso, who was left in charge of his father's lineage: Socso panaca. Viracocha Inca invaded the...

sacrifices were known as qhapaq hucha. The Incas were polytheists who worshipped many gods. These included: Viracocha (also Pachacamac) – Created all living...

this occurred, Viracocha gave control over humanity to lower gods then disappeared. When the Spaniards came to the Inca territory, the Inca thought they...

the Egyptian kings, the Inca were mummified and worshipped as gods by subsequent generations. Their names, like Viracocha Inca, also imply their divinity...

María (Octubre del 2010). «3. Las etnias cusqueñas y los primeros incas». Incas. Biblioteca Imprescindibles Peruanos. Perú: Empresa Editora El Comercio...

linked to the origin and expansion of the Inca Sun Cult. The most common belief was that Inti was born of Viracocha, who had many titles, chief among them...

Pizarro and his men were thought to be Viracocha Cuna or "gods". The Natives described Pizarro's men to the Inca. They said that capito was tall with a...

period of Viracocha and Pachacútec. Waldemar Espinoza, Los Incas, p. 102. It was during this period that the number of soldiers in the Inca army reached...

during the Inca period, was occupied by both the Suntor Wassi (lit. "Government House") and the Kisoarkancha or Palace of the eighth Inca Viracocha. The complex...

Hatun Topa, afterwards called Viracocha Inca. According to Juan de Betanzos (1551), the fugitive was the old Viracocha and not only him but his successor...

Huiracocha, Huiraccocha, Huirajocha, Viracocha, Wiraccocha, Wiracocha) may refer to: Viracocha, an Andean divinity Viracocha Inca, eighth Sapa Inka (emperor) of...

Iglesia del Triunfo, built in 1539 on the foundations of the Palace of Viracocha Inca. Today, this church is an auxiliary chapel of the cathedral. The main...

system.: 132  On the other hand Juan de Betanzos states that it was Viracocha Inca, predecessor of Pachacuti who «ordered that there be markers of leagues...

kilometers downstream from Pisac); Huchuy Qosqo, the estate of the emperor Viracocha Inca (c. 1410–1438), overlooks the Sacred Valley; the estate of Pachacuti...

gender roles in Inca society. Viracocha, the creator of the universe and Inti, the Sun God, were the most important gods. Viracocha was believed to have...

Cuzco and Titicaca Book 4. Inca Roca and Yahuar Huacac, virgins of the sun, revolt of the Chancas Book 5. Inca Viracocha, Inca laws and customs, land, taxation...

seventh Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, abandoned the capital in an attack by the Chancas c. 1410 — c. 1438 Viracocha Inca, the eighth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom...

from the Colla Kingdom. These confrontations were known to the Incas and the Viracocha Inca was the first to try to take advantage of these rivalries, promising...

Cosijoeza, King (1487–1521) Incas Kingdom of Cusco (complete list) – Yawar Waqaq, Inca (c.1380–1410) Viracocha, Inca (c.1410–1438) Inca Empire (complete list)...

(1438), after Viracocha Inca and designated heir Inca Urco (Urca, Urqu) fled during the Chanka invasion of the Kingdom of Cusco. Viracocha's other son Pachacuti...

part of Peru before the Inca conquest. The Inca received him into their pantheon,: 187  but he was never an equal of Viracocha, whom they viewed as more...