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Amaru
Author_Paul Richard Steele
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Chaupi
Condor
Cuni Raya
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Duality
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Fertility
Fox (Atuq)
Garcilaso
Huatyacuri
Lake Titicaca
Mythology
Pachacamac
Pachakuti
Pariacaca
Puma
Reversal
Sacrifice
Temple of the Sun
Product details
- ISBN 9781576073544
- Weight: 765g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 08 Dec 2004
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The first introduction to the Incas and their myths aimed at students and general readers, bringing together a wealth of information into one convenient resource.
Full of hard to find information, Handbook of Inca Mythology provides an accessible introduction to the rites, beliefs, and spiritual tales of the Incas. It provides a concise overview of Incan civilization and mythology, a chronology of mythic and historical events, and an A–Z inventory of central themes (sacrifice, fertility, competition, reversaldualism, colors, constellations, giants, and miniatures), personages (Viracocha, Manco Capac, Pachackuti Inca), locations (Lake Titicaca, Corickancha), rituals, and icons.
The last Native American culture to develop free of European influence, the Incas, who had no written language, are known only from Spanish accounts written after the conquest and archaeological finds. From these fragments, a vanished world has been reborn and reintroduced into modern Andean life. There is no better way into that world and its mind-bending mythology than this unique handbook.
Paul Steele, PhD, is an archivist for a commercial archaeological unit in London, England.
Catherine J. Allen, professor of anthropology and international affairs in the Department of Anthropology at George Washington University, Washington, DC, provided assistance with this book.
