Viracocha

Inca · deity · cosmogonic · deity

Supreme Andean creator god who made sun, moon and mankind at Titicaca; distinct from the king Viracocha Inca.

Domains

creation
sun moon and stars
water and the deep

Powers

Create the sun, moon, stars and order time
Fashion the nations and call them from stone and caves
Wander as a beggar teaching, then depart over the sea

Epithets

Pachayachachic
Con Tiqsi Wiraqucha
Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqucha

Relations

syncretism: Tunupa

Sources

Cobo, Historia del Nuevo Mundo; Garcilaso, Comentarios Reales; Betanzos; Sarmiento de Gamboa

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