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Learn about the Inca religion, an admixture of complex ceremonies, practices, animistic beliefs, and nature worship. Explore the Inca gods, such as Viracocha, Inti, Pachacuti, and Mama Quilla, and their temples and shrines.
11 mar 2015 · Learn about the Inca, a powerful kingdom that ruled over South America for centuries. Discover their achievements, culture, religion and how they were conquered by the Spanish.
15 lut 2016 · The god was served by a dedicated High Priest (Villaq Umu), the most senior religious figure in the Inca world, who was aided by a team of young virgin priests, the acllas (also acyllyaconas). Each major Inca town had a temple to the god and a vast amount of resources were dedicated to him.
Learn about the beliefs and practices of the Inca people, who worshipped a variety of deities in different realms of the cosmos. Discover how they sacrificed humans, communicated with wak'a, and honored Viracocha, Inti, and Illapa.
30 paź 2024 · Though there was an Inca state religion of the sun, the substrata religious beliefs and practices of the pre-Inca peoples exerted an influence on the Andean region prior to and after the conquest of most of South America by the Spaniards in the 16th century.
27 wrz 2020 · Learn about the Sun god Inti, the religious hierarchy, and the cultural assimilation of outlying clans in the Inca Empire. Explore the myths, festivals, and rituals of the Inca religion and its expansion across the Andes.
27 paź 2011 · This article sets out to introduce and explain three underlying concepts underpinning Inca and Andean religion: animism (and anthropomorphism), oracular divination, and ancestor worship. It seeks to demonstrate how these worked within the evolution of Andean and, ultimately, Inca religion.
