Huallallo Carhuincho
Inca · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Fire-and-drought huaca of the Huarochiri myth-cycle, lord of the Yunca peoples before the rise of the storm-god Pariacaca, who quenched and expelled him. Named in the prose of Pariacaca as the rival huaca Huallallo. The water-versus-fire contest of Pariacaca and Huallallo Carhuincho is the structural core of the Huarochiri Manuscript.
Domains
- fire
- drought and volcanic fire
Powers
- blaze up in fiery flames that reach the sky
- demand and devour human children of his subject Yunca
- summon a giant two-headed serpent (amaru)
Relations
- enemy: PariacacaThe fire-and-drought huaca whom the storm-god Pariacaca defeated and expelled, the central rivalry of the Huarochiri cycle.Huarochiri Manuscript, chs. 8-9 (primary)