In the mythology / religious belief system of the Incas, Inti was the god of the Sun, and one of the most important deities in the Inca pantheon. As a solar deity, Inti is closely associated with agriculture, as this heavenly body provides the warmth and light needed for crops to grow. Hence, Inti was quite a prominent god amongst the farmers of the Inca civilization.
The Qorikancha, or The Temple of the Sun in Cuzco, was the most important temple in the Inca Empire. When the Spanish conquored Cuzco, the Temple of the Sun was destroyed and on top of it built the Convento de Santo Domingo Del Cusco. It is said that wherever one finds a Catholic church or cathedral in South America, the foundation is an Inca temple. The beautifully carved stones at the base of the Convento De Santo Domingo, is the part of the Qorikancha built by the Inca. The Convento built ontop of the Sun Temple. Inca walls and doorway of the Temple of the Sun. The Inca never knew of arches, so the doorways had a huge straight rock. The walls all were inclined however. The inclination of the walls, along with the sand base under the walls, served as barriors against earthquakes. The Inca structures have withstood many many major earthquakes and have not fallen. Only when the Spanish arrived, did they destroy most of the Inca archetecture....... using gun powder. The Inca studied the stars and constelations. This rock formation inside what remains of the Temple of the Sun, was a window to observe Venus. Inca wall leading to the Temple of the Rainbow. Inside the Temple of the Rainbow..... the smallest Inca stone carving. Many supersitious believes around the Rainbow existed in the Inca time. If a pregnant woman looked at a rainbow, her child would be born with some form of mental disability. The large stone in the middle points, with precise accuracy to the four cardenal points on the compus. Part of a remaining wall from the Temple of the Sun ..... notice the slant of the wall.
Here below are drawings from a recommendable work from Foundry Wargames. It covers as the tittle says, warfare of various South, North, and Central American native populations along with those of the Conquistadors. I nether found such a book that extensively covers Mesoamerican tribes. It is really expensive, but it is such a great work on early European campaigns in the Americas. The book also explains more complexities not usually covered in typical history books or classes. For example, it goes into great detail on the Spanish allies like the Tlaxcaltics, which in most history books they just get a passing reference. Also clashes between rival bands of Conquistadors are also covered. Here is the Amazon page for the book.
Mama Quilla was the Inca goddess of the moon and the defender of women. She was also an important goddess to the Inca calendar, which used both lunar and solar calculations.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.51 Inches (H) x 5.49 Inches (W) x .76 Inches (D) Weight: .82 Pounds Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up Number of Pages: 304 Genre: History Sub-Genre: Latin America Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Paperback Author: Irene Marsha Silverblatt Language: English Street Date: May 21, 1987 TCIN: 85249206 UPC: 9780691022581 Item Number (DPCI): 247-67-3388 Origin: Made in the USA or Imported If the item details above aren’t accurate or complete, we want to know about it. Report incorrect product info.
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by Ashley Cowie PART 2… BELIEVED TO BE A GIFT FROM THE CREATOR GOD VIRACOCHA, INCA PRIESTS IN THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN IN CUZCO, PERU, USED THE GOLDEN SUN DISC TO CONTROL THE SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF THEIR ENTIRE EMPIRE. The Golden Sun Disk was used to control 41 ceke lines (energy lines) which emanated from the Temple […]
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Exploring Macchu Pichu or a lake that gave birth to the Sun (according to an Andean belief) and the birthplace of the Inca Empire, these are just some of the adventure activities in Peru.
A quipu (khipu) was a method used by the Incas and other ancient Andean cultures to keep records and communicate information using string and knots. In the absence of an alphabetic writing system, this...
Inca, South American Indians who ruled an empire that extended along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands from the northern border of modern Ecuador to the Maule River in central Chile. Their descendants today remain in and around the Andes and make up the largest ethnic group in Peru.
A gold-sheet mask representing the sun god Inti from the La Tolita part of the Inca empire. The design is typical of masks of Inti with zig-zag rays bursting from the head and ending in human faces...
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The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru in the early 13th century. Starting from 1438, they began conquering lands surrounding the Inca heartland of Cuzco, creating the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The coming of the Spanish conquistadors in 1532 marked an end to the short-
Cuauhtémoc (meaning ‘Setting Sun’ or ‘Descending Eagle’) was the 11th Tlatoani (literally meaning ‘speaker’, but may also be translated as ‘king’) of Tenochtitlan, and the last ruler of the Aztec Empire.
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Metalworking occupies a unique place within Inca artistic production. A surprising percentage of the surviving works in this high-value medium might be considered anthropomorphic or zoomorphic, making them singular in the Inca artistic corpus, famed for its avoidance of flora and fauna. Descriptions by Spanish chroniclers suggest that many more anthropomorphic and even perhaps “naturalistic” works once existed. This essay thereby grapples with the following two questions: why did the Inca approach metal so differently from other sculptural media, most notably stone? And how do we square descriptions of Inca metalwork’s “naturalism” in European chronicles with what we might describe, at best, as anthro- or zoomorphic forms in the surviving Inca corpus?
Cusco known as the ‘City of The Sun’ was one of the most revered of Inca sacred sites. It was not only the focal point of their civilization and an absolute power hub in the region; it has many Spanish architectural ad...
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In the mythology / religious belief system of the Incas, Inti was the god of the Sun, and one of the most important deities in the Inca pantheon. As a solar deity, Inti is closely associated with agriculture, as this heavenly body provides the warmth and light needed for crops to grow. Hence, Inti was quite a prominent god amongst the farmers of the Inca civilization.
