Inti

Sun-deity of the Inca Empire. Patriline ancestor of the Sapa Inca through Manco Cápac. In post-contact Q'ero tradition continues as the divine paternity of Inkarri.

Children

• Ayar Auca
• Ayar Cachi
• Ayar Uchu
• Mama Cura
• Mama Huaco
• Mama Ocllo
• Mama Raua
• Manco Cápac
• Inkarri

Domains

• sun
• kingship

Powers

• celestial luminance
• kingship incan conferral
• send forth Manco Cápac and the first Inca to found Cuzco
• Sends forth the first Inca

Epithets

• Apu Inti
• Punchao
• Apu Punchau

Relations

• spouse: Mama Killa
• father of: Manco Cápac
• father of: Mama Ocllo
• father of: Ayar Cachi
• father of: Ayar Uchu
• father of: Ayar Auca
• father of: Mama Huaco
• father of: Mama Cura
• father of: Mama Raua
• father of: Inkarri
• lover: Unnamed Andean Woman

Sources

• Garcilaso de la Vega, Comentarios Reales (1609)
• Cieza de León, Crónica del Perú (1553)