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, wach’u, wachu: (n) (1) Row of earth dug to plant seeds. (2) The waking spiritual seed in people.

(3) Lineage. NNDNND · www.netnaturdoktoren.dk/ordbog.htm (See, muhu, winay, paq’owacho.)

See, huachuma.

(n) Literally, cow gate. Slang for big butt. RSRS · runasimi.de [My Quechua dictionaries define waka as cow. But, because cows did not exist in South America until the Spanish brought them, waka must come from the Spanish word for the animal: vaca. (Would huaca waka mean holy cow?) – Patt]

(n) See, huaca.

(n) The southeast wall of the Sun Temple at Ollantaytambo. The largest stone in the Wall of the Six Monoliths is about 4.3 m high, 2.1 m wide, 1.8 m thick, and weighs about 50 tonnes. DPIDPI · davidpratt.info/andes2.htm

(n) Mountain spirits who live in gold and silver homes inside the mountains, manifest as condors, men, owners of all animals and give shelter to the leader of the herds. The Wamanis are associated with the mountains, the highland pastures, the sky, livestock and man. Pachamama is associated with the earth, agriculture and woman. Thus there is an opposition between these two divinities. But they are related to each other through the mediation of the Amaru, who inhabits the springs and lagoons of the high pastures. From there he circulates to the valleys through streams and irrigation canals, for his principal element is water. Ritual offerings are deposited in the springs found at the foot of the mountains in the high country. Then the Amaru emerges from the ukhupacha to sweep the gifts of man down to the valleys below. In this fashion the Wamanis (sky) communicate with Pachamama through the mediation of the Amaru (water). WOFWWOFW · Source not listed on the original Text Sources page.Archetype of the ; a visionary. Wamanis protect. JLHJLH · Jose Luis Herrera, various lectures Protective spirit inhabiting mountain peaks, high passes, springs, etc. CSCRCSCR · Cut Stones and Crossroads, Wright

(n) An amulet or talisman. Power objects, mostly of alabaster or soapstone. Also known as khochqa. WOFWWOFW · Source not listed on the original Text Sources page.

(n) A ceremony of gifting of Vision. Has to do with destiny. JLHJLH · Jose Luis Herrera, various lectures

See, Brugmansia suaveolens.

See, huanca.

(n) A small war drum. ACESACES · At the Crossroads of Earth and Sky: An Andean Cosmology, Urton

(n) A male rainbow with a large head which is fastened to the rainbow like a tail, large ears, dark eyes, eyebrows, eyelashes and a beard and white hair. These are usually seen high in the sky, their lower parts obscured by heavy clouds. Along the high, visible part a black cat (k’owa) can be seen moving stealthily up the side of the bow. This cat is seen as a demon and the harbinger of hail and lightning. This rainbow is especially despised because he is a thief. ACESACES · At the Crossroads of Earth and Sky: An Andean Cosmology, Urton (See, k’uychi, Koa, wankar.)

(n) Manure, dung, fertilizer, guano (sp). RSRS · runasimi.de

(n) Death, or life after life. RSRS · runasimi.de

(v) To kill. PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua

(v) To die. PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua

(adj) Dead. PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua

(n) Death. (v) To die. PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua

(adj) Strong, brave, macho. PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua

(v) To play music. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

(v) To cry. (n) Tear; crying. PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua

(n) Alcohol. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

(adj) Crazy. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

(n) Edil; town councilor. RSRS · runasimi.deOne who possesses the staff of office in the indigenous civil-religious heirarchy of an Andean community. RORROR · Rituals of Respect, BolinInca priest. AYVAYV · Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman, Luna

(n) A hybrid camelid, a cross between a llama and an alpaca. MANMAN · Mythology of the American Nations, Jones and Molyneaux

(n) (1) One of the legendary lineage ayllus of Cajatambo. MANMAN · Mythology of the American Nations, Jones and Molyneaux (2) A culture based in Ayacucho (modern central Peru) that flourished contemporary to Tiwanaku. ANON1ANON1 · anonymous donor 1 (see footnote on the original Text Sources page for explanation) See, entry in Appendix N.

(n) The name given by the Inca to the people of the Second Sun. They wore clothing of animal skins and lived simply and peacefully, recognizing Wiracocha as their creator. MANMAN · Mythology of the American Nations, Jones and Molyneaux (See, pachacuti.)

(n) The name given by the Inca to the hunter-gatherer people of the First Sun (over 5000 years ago). These people were thought to be immediate descendents of the survivors of the Uñu Pachacuti, a great flood. These people were primitive and wore clothing of leaves. They called their creator Tiqsi Wiracocha or Pachacamac. MANMAN · Mythology of the American Nations, Jones and Molyneaux (See, pachacuti.)

(n) Woman, wife. PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua

(n) A church wedding. Also called casarakuy or runachakuy.

(n) A song used to win the love of a woman. AYVAYV · Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman, Luna

(n) Dressed in the scaly armor of fish, they resemble mermaids and are always watering the pink and white flowers with which they perform their alchemical healing. AYVAYV · Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman, Luna (See, alchemy, warmi, muraya.)

See, Qhapaq Raymi.

See, Qhapaq Raymi.

(n) A married man. PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua

(n) Spine. PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua

(n) The 13th Inca emperor (ruled 1526-32), having seized the throne after the sudden death of his father, Huayna Capac, and the heir-apparent Ninán Cuyúnchic, from smallpox. His rule was contested by his half-brother, Atahualpa, in a civil war that weakened the empire, making it easier for the Spanish to conquer. Wascar was captured and executed by his brother in 1532. MANMAN · Mythology of the American Nations, Jones and Molyneaux The uncrowned king. JLHJLH · Jose Luis Herrera, various lecturesHis full name was Topa Cusihualpa Wascar Inca. GPAGPA · El primer nueva coronica y buen gobierno, Poma de Ayala At least one teacher of Inca shamanism uses him as the archetype of the Ukhupacha. PGOPGO · Patt Grantham O'Neill, personal definitions written when a good one could not be found elsewhere.(See, Ayar Ukhu, and Supay second entry. Also, see, rutuchikuy to find out how Wascar got his name.)

(n) (1) House. RSRS · runasimi.de (2) Can be used as a name for a populated sacred center or ceremonial space (for example, the house of modern Cusco huachumero Don Víctor Estrada is lovingly referred to as Willka Wasi, “sacred house”). ANON1ANON1 · anonymous donor 1 (see footnote on the original Text Sources page for explanation)

(n) Neighbor. RSRS · runasimi.de

(n) Literally, house sweeping. A house-warming kind of ceremony in which friends come to a new dwelling and clean and repaint it. RORROR · Rituals of Respect, Bolin

See, huasca.

(n) Year, age. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

(n) Birthday. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

From watay, to attach, to bind, to tie up. Place where something is attached; rope to bind something; bond; fetter. RSRS · runasimi.deSee, Inti watana.

(n) Also called sirvinacuy or tincunacuspa. DYEDYE · Source not listed on the original Text Sources page. An Andean custom where a couple lives together for one to three years before the final commitment for life. After the final commitment, over ninety percent of these couples remain together. If a young man is interested, he takes a small mirror and reflects the sunlight to the girl as she tends animals in the fields. This is often done from one mountainside to another. If affections continue and become serious, the couple enters into the trial marriage by living in the young man’s community. If the relationship falls out of harmony, the elders of the community confront the couple and suggest they separate. If a baby results, the maternal grandparents raise it. The young man and woman, now separated, are free to seek another union. This has been a successful custom in the highlands for centuries and persists despite opposition from the Catholic Church. IGMPIGMP · Andean Awakening: An Inca Guide to Mystical Peru, Delgado The Andean custom of trial marriage, literally, a year bound together. CSCRCSCR · Cut Stones and Crossroads, WrightSee, watana, above.

(n) Fortune teller. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina A diviner. WOFWWOFW · Source not listed on the original Text Sources page.  Medicine man. QISLIQISLI · Q'ero: In Search of the Last of the Incas, Nava They diagnosed illness through divination with coca leaves, entrails of guinea pigs, or through visions and dreams. ACAIACAI · The Andean Codex, J.E. Williams

(n) Homosexuality was definitely prohibited in the Inca realm. It existed, though, and under certain circumstances it was practiced among the highly intellectual classes under the disguise of religious and magic acts. However, the old writings are full of information regarding the cruel extermination of homosexuals which from time to time was decreed by the Incas. After the conquest of the Chinchas, the Inca had all homosexuals burned at the stake and had all their houses demolished and their fields destroyed with all trees uprooted, so that there remained no memory or sign of their existence. DYEDYE · Source not listed on the original Text Sources page.See, sexual activity for more information and other links.

(n) Human baby. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

(n) Literally, baby watcher. Baby sitter. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

(n) Parent, woman who has children. RSRS · runasimi.de

(n) Christening. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

(v) To fall in love. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

(n) Lover. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

(v) To love. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

(n) A youth. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

See, Huayna Capac

See, Huana Cauri.

(n) In Andean tradition, the band from which rivers emanate; the place from which luminous fibers emanate; the point of non-existence, just below the belly button. (See, energy centers, qosqo.) MBEMBE · home.earthlink.net/~megbeeler

Lover, love song. CSCRCSCR · Cut Stones and Crossroads, Wright

(n) (1) Brother (of man), male friend of a man. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina (2) Brother, cosmic twin, part that never left creation, that is pure, uncorruptible. In contemporary vernacular, brother-in-arms. (3) Every Inca had a wayqi, a divine double, as Sarmiento explained it, “an idol whom each Inca elected for his companion to give him oracles and responses.” HOIHOI · History of the Incas, Sarmiento de GamboaThe pre-Hispanic Incas made no portraits, in the sense of physiognomic likenesses of particular people. That does not mean that certain people were not represented by — or rather, presented through — particular objects. Also, it does not mean that the presence of some certain individuals was not recognized as inhering in some certain material objects. Inca rulers, for example, kept statues known as wayqis which were regarded as the living ruler’s double and treated like the ruler they signified, both before and after the ruler’s death. Wayqi means a male’s brother (see def. 1 above) and refers both to a ruler’s biological brothers and to his statue brother. The wayqi statue or statues (some rulers had more than one) were treated with the reverence owed their living brother and, after the ruler’s death, were equated with him. They carried it to war and took in procession in order to obtain water and favorable weather, and for which they used to make various festivals and sacrifices. Wayqis owned both land and goods, and had sets of retainers to see to their needs. Unfortunately, no wayqis that we know of survived the colonial era. [This author argues that] the mummy [of the Sapa Inca] was  the repository of the ruler’s feminine side and was associated with both crop and human fertility; the wayqi manifested the deceased ruler’s masculinity and was associated with warfare (conceived of as a male activity) and an adequate water supply (as water was equated metaphorically with semen). Mummy and wayqi thus constituted complementary halves (see, yanantin] of the deceased ruler. IPWYIPWY · Presence: The Inherence of the Prototype Within Images and Other Objects, the Inherence of the Prototype*……, Shepherd (See, paña.)

(n) Wind, air.

(n) The living energy or spirit of wind. NNDNND · www.netnaturdoktoren.dk/ordbog.htm

(n) The mama of the sky and air; a snake that moves with a great wind. It is said in the Amazon that when the Wayramama takes a bath, a sound of thunder is heard between the clouds, but no water falls to the ground (supay-cato). When a healer calls out to the Wayramama in a trance, she comes with a great wind that is born without any clouds to be seen and that passes like a whirlwind. The eyes of this mama shine with white lights and her mouth radiates violet waves that make us feel like giants who can sense anything that comes near. (See, Sach’amama, Yakumama.) AYVAYV · Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman, Luna

(n) World of wind/oxygen/air. (See, wayra.)

(n) A snake of the air with horns that is able to create tremendous whirlpools. AYVAYV · Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman, Luna

(v) To blow (wind) PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua

(n) Brightly colored beans used in rituals and as a love charm. RORROR · Rituals of Respect, Bolin Used to attract good luck and ward off the evil eye. ACAIACAI · The Andean Codex, J.E. Williams

(n) The depiction of a god on the Gateway of the Sun at Tiwanako. The central figure is standing on a stepped platform resembling the tiered mounds of the sacred precinct of Tiwanako. The figure has a squarish head adorned in a headdress with sun rays radiating from the top and sides; the eyes have large drops below them. Its outstretched arms hold two “staffs” — one has been interpreted as a spear thrower and the other a quiver for spears, a clear resemblance to the staff deity of Chavín times.MANMAN · Mythology of the American Nations, Jones and Molyneaux (See, staff deities.)

(n) One of the four cardinal directions representing the four winds. (See , level of abstraction, def. 2.) The West is interpreted as a “negative” or “dangerous” direction in curanderismo because it is the region where the sun is swallowed up by the sea. WOFWWOFW · Source not listed on the original Text Sources page.  (See, also, east, north, south.)

(n) Inca god of death and son of Inti. GMGM · www.gaiameditations.com The second son of the first human woman, created by Pachacamac. EFDEFD · encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com

See, wiphala.

(n) Pregnant woman. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

Literally, sacred stomach. See, qosqo for more definition.

Sacred. ROR TLD Holy, sacred and dangerous. RSRS · runasimi.de Sometimes can mean “dangerous” as well, an etymological connection which may come from the notion of the holy as being all-powerful and not particularly appreciative of egotistical lack of reverence. ANON1ANON1 · anonymous donor 1 (see footnote on the original Text Sources page for explanation)(n) (1) God. RS TLD (2) Also, cebil, angico. Anadenanthera colubrina. Wilka is a Quechua term which signifies sacred or magic. This plant was used by the ancient sorcerers as a component of some brews with powerful mental effects. The majority of the species of this genus have hallucinogenic action. The seeds are still used by contemporaneous shamans. Ground to a powder, they are used as snuff, obtaining narcotic and hallucinogenic effects. DYEDYE · Source not listed on the original Text Sources page.  The tree’s bark is the most common part used medicinally. Gum from the tree is used medicinally to treat upper respiratory tract infections, as an expectorant and otherwise for cough. WIKIWIKI · en.wikipedia.org (no www) At least 14 tribes have been documented to use wilka for shamanistic, healing purposes. The seeds are also used as an additive in chicha, a hallucinogenic, fermented beer-like beverage used for rituals and ceremonies. ADNADN · azarius.net

(n) An individual employed to coordinate ceremonial worship at huacas. ACAIACAI · The Andean Codex, J.E. Williams

(n) The return sun. On June 21 of every year in Tiwanako a festival takes place that represents the rescue of its cultural identity for the Aymara. (See, wilka, kuti.)

(n) The sacred fire. WWKNWWKN · www.kachina.net/~alunajoy/awake.html

, Willka Ñust’a: (n) Ancient name of the Urubamba River, now known as the Vilcanota River. RSRS · runasimi.de The black virgin or princess of the black light; a mythical being associated with what is now the Urubamba River (See, also, Willkamayu for more definition.)

(n) An ancient name of what is now called the Gateway of Amaru Muru. IGMPIGMP · Andean Awakening: An Inca Guide to Mystical Peru, Delgado

(adj) Anointed. RSRS · runasimi.de

(n) Priest. Spokesman; speaker; messenger; announcer. RSRS · runasimi.de

(n) The priest in charge of reading the omens and making the predictions for the Inca. RSRS · runasimi.deHigh priest of Inti. RMFARMFA · Source not listed on the original Text Sources page. The most important priest in the Incan society that in normal conditions was a close relative of the Sapa Inca: his brother or uncle. WQCWQC · www.qosqo.com The highest position of the priesthood (willaq = anointed; umu = priest) who was appointed directly by the Inca. This priest was the highest authority in religious activities. He led a holy life: frugal diet, complete abstention from meat, alcohol and sex, living most of the year in almost total seclusion. He presided over major religious festivals and in them was surrounded by a host of well-organized assistants usually belonging to an ayllu of tarpuntaes who occupied important positions not only in the capital of Cusco, but were appointed personally by the Willac Inka Umu to exercise power and authority in all major population centers (there were ten major districts) and each was headed by a priest-healer. These healers were highly esteemed people in the community and inspired respect everywhere. People recognized them by their long well-groomed hair, white cotton tunic and a brown cloak knotted over his right shoulder with colored wool tassels. In official festivities their faces were painted black and they preached the religion of the sun. They were in charge of communication with the sun, moon and stars (the main deities). MHPMHP · Rios, The Master Healer in Peru, www.onirogenia.com/chamanismos/el-maestro-curandero-en-el-peru-historia-medicina-y-magia/ The highest office in the priesthood directly appointed by the Inca from among the members of his family. His status and influence was only secondary to the Inca, and he was the weightiest authority in all matters concerning religious activities and organization. It is said that he led a rather saintly life — his diet was frugal; he abstained from meat, alcohol and sex; living mostly in complete seclusion. He presided over the great religious festivities and was surrounded by an efficiently organized host of aids, the Tarpuntaes, who held important religious offices in Cusco, but were personally appointed by him to exert his power and authority in all ten “dioceses” of the Tawantinsuyo. They were located at Collao, Collasuyo, Contisuyo, Chincha, Huaylas, Cajamarca, Ayabaca, Quito and the regions of Canas and Canchis. DYEDYE · Source not listed on the original Text Sources page. A sage who could predict the future and cure illness with only his energy. ACAIACAI · The Andean Codex, J.E. Williams

(v) To consecrate; to sanctify. RSRS · runasimi.de

(n) A special type of syringe used for enemas, which were given frequently. DYEDYE · Source not listed on the original Text Sources page.

(n) Literally, holy river. A river in Peru, aka Vilcanota. RSRS · runasimi.de Literally, sacred river. The Urubamba River which flows through the Sacred Valley below Machu Picchu. It is considered the Earthly reflection of Mayu, the river of stars that compose the Milky Way. ACAIACAI · The Andean Codex, J.E. Williams The Urubamba River or Willkamayu (Quechua for “sacred river”) is a river in Peru. Upstream it is called by its Aymara name Willkanuta (house of the sun, hispanicized as Vilcanota). WIKIWIKI · en.wikipedia.org (no www) Considered the major artery for the movement of water collected from the smaller tributaries of the earth back to the cosmic sea, from where it is taken up into the sky within the Milky Way (Mayu) and recycled through the universe (see, image at Mayu). The Milky Way is itself thought to be the celestial reflection of the Vilcanota River. ACESACES · At the Crossroads of Earth and Sky: An Andean Cosmology, UrtonSee, also, Wilka Ñusta for more definition.

(n) A portent, a sign from God. RSRS · runasimi.de

(n) See, Wilka Ñust’a. RSRS · runasimi.de

(n) Literally, god house. A temple. RSRS · runasimi.de

(n) Germination. This refers to plant germination as well as the spiritual germination of the initiate’s seed. NNDNND · www.netnaturdoktoren.dk/ordbog.htm (See, wacho, muhu.)

(n) Always, forever, eternity. (v) To grow, to age. PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

(n) Adult.

(n) An ancient name for Lake Titicaca. IGMPIGMP · Andean Awakening: An Inca Guide to Mystical Peru, Delgado Eternal Homeland. RS TLD

(n) Everlasting covenant (sp.). PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua

(adv) Forever. PSLPSL · www.geocities.com/phillott/Bolivia/Dictionary02.htm — Bolivian Quechua

(n) A flag. Each suyu has its own wiphala of 49 squares, identified by the color of the diagonal line (from left to right and from up to down) attributed to each suyu.WPCWPC · www.pusinsuyu.com/english/html/wiphala.html [Re. significance of the 49 squares:] There is a legend that 49 visitors from three different planets came here to help mankind. IGMPIGMP · Andean Awakening: An Inca Guide to Mystical Peru, Delgado (See, individual suyu names – Chinchisuyu, Kontisuyu, Antisuyu, and Kollasuyu – for an image of these flags.)

(n) Fat, grease. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina

(n) (1) Associated with water, white, the Milky Way [Mayu], the periphery, and hurin. Literally, foam of the sea or sea (lake) of fat, fat being considered a life essence. The name was applied to the Spanish because they came from the sea, the periphery of the Inca world, and were white-skinned. CSCRCSCR · Cut Stones and Crossroads, Wright Legends of the Aymara Indians say that their Creator God Wiracocha rose from Lake Titicaca during the time of darkness to bring forth light. A storm and sun god, he was represented as wearing the sun for a crown with thunderbolts in his hands and tears descending from his eyes as rain. (See, Weeping God, Gateway of the Sun.) He wandered the earth disguised as a beggar and wept when he saw the plight of the creatures he had created. LDCLDC · www.labrynthina.com He had one son, Inti, and one daughter, Mama Quilla. His wife was Mama Cocha. He destroyed the giants (before mankind existed) with a great flood called Uñu Pachacuti. EFDEFD · encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com. Supreme Inca god. Other names applied to the same figure included Huaracocha, Con, Con Ticci or Kon Tiki, Thunupa, Taapac, Tupaca and Illa. He was a scientist, an architect of surpassing skills, a sculptor and an engineer. Wiracocha was also a teacher and a healer and made himself helpful to people in need. It was said that wherever he passed, he healed all that were sick and restored sight to the blind. Working great miracles by his words, he came to the district of the Canas and there, near a village called Cacha… leaving the place … he came to the coast and there, holding his mantle, he went forth amidst the waves and was seen no more. And as he went they gave him the name Wiracocha, which means Foam of the Sea. FOGFOG · Fingerprints of the Gods, Hancock Montesinos said that Illa-tici-Uiracocha was the name of the creator of the world; Molina that Tecsi-Uiracocha was the Creator and incomprehensible God; the anonymous Jesuit that Uiracocha meant the great god of ‘Pirua’ …According to Montesinos and the anonymous Jesuit, Uira or Vira is a corruption of Pirua meaning a depository. The first meaning of cocha is a lake, but here it is held to signify profundity, abyss, space. The ‘Dweller in Space.’ Ticci is base or foundation, hence the founder. Illa means light. The anonymous Jesuit gives the meaning ‘Eternal Light’ to Illa-Ticci. The word Con, given by Bertanzos and Garcia, has no known meaning. Pachakamak and Pachayachachi are attributes of the deity. Pacha means time or place, also the universe. Kamak is the Ruler, Yachachi is the Teacher. ‘The Ruler and Teacher of the Universe.’ HOIHOI · History of the Incas, Sarmiento de Gamboa Wiracocha seems to be allied to the creator Con Ticci (or Thunapa) worshipped by the Indians of the altiplano. Acknowledged by all the peoples of the southern Andes as the creator of the universe. He was known as the Lord of Divination and the Seasons. Although the Incas built temples to him, he was overshadowed in terms of public ceremonial by other gods. No great estates were assigned to the upkeep of his places of worship as they were for other deities — an omission the Incas justified by claiming that, as he was the creator of everything, he had need of nothing. IAWSIAWS · Mythology, Illustrated Anthology of World Myth & Storytelling Once [pre-Conquest] included characteristics of tricksters. RTZ1RTZ1 · www.colorado.edu/Conferences/pilgrimage/papers/Zuidema.html Fat of the lake/sea, sometimes also translated as foam or fire lake; the androgynous creator god revered at Tiwanako, among other places; said to be the architect, engineer, and builder of Lake Titicaca, Wiraqocha seems to have interacted with humans and “walked among them,” especially at Tiwanako, of which Wiraqocha is the legendary founder; Pachakuteq instated Wiraqocha as primary god of the Inka, superseding their traditional worship of Inti; Wiraqocha is represented (as on the primary gate at Tiwanako) surrounded by a legion of angels (see, sunkasapa for image) and holding two staffs; now used as a less specific term for God/Goddess, supreme deity or divinity, creator; also, used as a title of respect for an honored man. ANON1ANON1 · anonymous donor 1 (see footnote on the original Text Sources page for explanation) (2) The elliptical journey of the earth around the sun and of our star system around the center of the galaxy; thus it is also the elliptical energy bubble around the body. QPQP · Quechua Phrasebook, Coronel-Molina (3) Used today as the equivalent of mister or sir, having more to do with a person’s rank than his color. CSCRCSCR · Cut Stones and Crossroads, Wright Used to denote a White man, now often used pejoratively or for usurper and invader. THIMTHIM · The Three Halves of Ino Moxo (See, huaira-cucha.)

An ancient culture that built Tiwanako. FOG

The eighth semi-legendary Inca ruler from the early 15th Century. His name has blurred the distinction between god and man. MANMAN · Mythology of the American Nations, Jones and Molyneaux

(n) The most sublime and beautiful mermaids, possessing great magical power. They live in beautiful underwater cities. AYVAYV · Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman, Luna

Great Lord and Instructor of the World; another of the many names of Wiracocha. MANMAN · Mythology of the American Nations, Jones and Molyneaux

(n) In Cacha, the ancient name of the current village of Raqchi, lies the Wiracocha Temple, built on a plan different from that of any other sacred building in Peru, of adobe rather than stone, in homage to the Superior Invisible God of Andean people, Apu Kon Tiki Wiracocha. After the appearance of a man who began performing miracles, the villagers decided to stone him to death. They found him kneeling with arms extended skyward and menaced him. Immediately, a fire rain fell. With remorse the men left him alone. The stranger went toward the coast and submerged into the ocean waters, disappearing forever. Thereafter, a shrine was constructed in his memory, as well as the sculpture of a stone idol. The pre-Incan origin of the site is evidence of the antiquity of the belief in Wiracocha. MANMAN · Mythology of the American Nations, Jones and Molyneaux

(n) A highland plant that has natural oil that the people believe is the fat of Pachamama; it is aromatic when burned. IGMPIGMP · Andean Awakening: An Inca Guide to Mystical Peru, Delgado

(n) A shaman who would do divination watching the smoke produced by burning llama fat. DYEDYE · Source not listed on the original Text Sources page.  A shaman who obtained information by studying the smoke produced by the burning of fat. MHPMHP · Rios, The Master Healer in Peru, www.onirogenia.com/chamanismos/el-maestro-curandero-en-el-peru-historia-medicina-y-magia/

(n) A despacho used to capture, close in on, imprison, and kill the momentum of disruptive energies. It is not for protection from direct sorceric attack. JLHJLH · Jose Luis Herrera, various lectures (Compare, kuti despacho.)

Used as denoting the black arts. Please see, witch.

See, huito. THIMTHIM · The Three Halves of Ino Moxo

See, Aia-Paec.