In Tahuantinsuyo was an extraordinary range of gods, rites, ceremonies and priests. Virtually every ayllu and each kingdom had its own patron god. Apart from that there was a god for every human activity. As we see, the Inca religion was polytheistic. The chief priest in charge of conducting religious ceremonies was known as Umu Huillac, considered the high priest. It could be a close relative of the Inca, Inca probably Hurin Cusco. Pachacutec was to be restructured religion. Thereafter, the cult of the Sun or Inti would be the most important. INKA DIVINITIES
Upon Inca expansion, they did not seek to impose their gods. Thus, the solar cult was reported only to the local nobility but not throughout the empire. The common people continued to worship their ancestors converted to mallquis (mummies) and their local gods, represented in statues of clay, wood, stone or metal and who infused life. They believed that their gods were not wrong in their answers and seeking to please them all because they could punish. Some of these gods had predated the Inca expansion and achieved widespread regional. Among the major gods may be mentioned:
a) Inti or sun: it was considered a god on earth fertilizer and gave health, peace and life.
b) Hiracocha: Andean myths are often presented as the creator of all that exists. That's why it was called the "doer." He was revered throughout the empire, was a god worshiped since before the Incas.
c) Illapa: identified as lightning or thunder. It was the most revered in the Sierra.
d) Pariacaca: identified by torrential rains.
e) Pachamama, the earth goddess who was offered fruit to people and animals.
f) Pachacamac: was the god who gave the earth movement that is controlled by the earthquakes. It was the most revered on the coast.
religious sacrifices every day, at dawn, the ordinary priests or hatun villca killed a white blaze on his temple. After being slaughtered animal, tore the heart and lungs and blood sprayed with the image of the sun If the rite was not done carefully, could cause great evils, such as drought or heavy rainfall. But not only
sacrificed animals. For a long time the Peruvian investigators refused to accept the existence of practices of human sacrifice among the Incas. Today too many evidence to continue to deny. However, apparently, they did not reach the volume of the sacrifices practiced by other American cultures as the Mayas and Aztecs.
Tahuantinsuyo The sacrifices were made in the conviction of pleasing the gods. Even some saw them as a privilege. The chronicler Hernandez Principe's daughter has a curaca was taken to Cusco to be sacrificed for the health of the Inca. The body of the girl returned and become curaca mummy was flattered to have a new huaca or divinity.
e) Pachamama, the earth goddess who was offered fruit to people and animals.
f) Pachacamac: was the god who gave the earth movement that is controlled by the earthquakes. It was the most revered on the coast.
religious sacrifices every day, at dawn, the ordinary priests or hatun villca killed a white blaze on his temple. After being slaughtered animal, tore the heart and lungs and blood sprayed with the image of the sun If the rite was not done carefully, could cause great evils, such as drought or heavy rainfall. But not only
sacrificed animals. For a long time the Peruvian investigators refused to accept the existence of practices of human sacrifice among the Incas. Today too many evidence to continue to deny. However, apparently, they did not reach the volume of the sacrifices practiced by other American cultures as the Mayas and Aztecs. Tahuantinsuyo The sacrifices were made in the conviction of pleasing the gods. Even some saw them as a privilege. The chronicler Hernandez Principe's daughter has a curaca was taken to Cusco to be sacrificed for the health of the Inca. The body of the girl returned and become curaca mummy was flattered to have a new huaca or divinity.
Andean Cosmology
's worldview becomes the set of ideas you have on the world to which we belong. The Incas believed the world was divided into three parts:
• The anampacha or upper world (heaven), place of residence of the stars like the sun, moon and stars.
• The kaypacha or underworld, is the place where all living beings, men plants and animals.
• The utcupacha or underworld, is located beneath us, here are the dead.
These three worlds were connected to each other through situations and special items. For example, the Inca and the Coya were those who could communicate to the men of the ananpacha kaypacha. The roots and stems of plants, however, connecting the terrestrial world with utcupacha kaipacha.
ACTIVITIES
Management and Interpretation of Information
a) Make a mental map of the Inca religion.
b) Make a table Inca comparative religion and the Christian religion. List at least five differences and two similarities.
c) Research: What are the festival of Inti Raymi? With the information you get prepared a brochure that combines text and images.
Thinking
a) The Incas and other peoples practiced human sacrifices to please their gods. Currently, it is impossible to do, why?
b) What types of actions, as Christians we are able to realize that our God was pleased? Write 4 shares.
b) What types of actions, as Christians we are able to realize that our God was pleased? Write 4 shares.
Draw a picture on the worldview that had the Incas. (A4 bond sheet)
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