The Inca Creation Myth
The Inca Creation |
One morning Pachacamac the sun rose from Lake Titicaca. He was so bright that nothing else could be seen in the sky so he made the moon and the stars. Pachamanac created the first humans out of stone but they won’t do because they sank too easily, they also knew nothing. The moon and the sun had children they tried to help the pitiful humans. The sun and the moon had a son and a daughter. They sent them to the earth to help the people. The sun taught men how to build, plow, and plant. The daughter taught the women how to weave and prepare food. The son of the sun god became the first Inca. After a long time on Earth, Manco Capac, the husband, and Mama Occlo, the wife traveled the world looking for a good area for a new settlement. They put one of Pachacamac’s golden rods into the ground every time they found a good place to settle. In Huanacauri, the rod they placed sank below the Earth. Manco Capac decided that they should settle there and put the first sun temple there too. Manco Capac and Mama Occlo split up to get together a group of people to settle with them. Manco Capac went north and Mama Occlo went south. The descendants of Pachacamac were supportive of and loving to their father. Many people joined and followed them. In Huanacauri the followers of Inca's wife made a city in the south called Hurin-Cuzco while Inca's followers chose to build Hanan-Cuzco in the north of the valley. Since then, Inca cities are always divided between north, south, male, and female.
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