(Please read from the start)
“It was important to the Inca that they not die as a result of burning or that the body of the deceased not be incinerated. Burning would cause their vital force to disappear and threaten their passage to the after world. Those who obeyed the Inca moral code – ama suwa, ama llulla, ama quella (do not steal, do not lie, do not be lazy) – "went to live in the Sun's warmth while others spent their eternal days in the cold earth". The Inca nobility practiced cranial deformation.[50] They wrapped tight cloth straps around the heads of newborns to shape their soft skulls into a more conical form, thus distinguishing the nobility from other social classes.”
>> The same concept of “preserving the body”, mostly of disapearing from fire, as in Ancient Egypt. And as we you can see, they clearly declare here that the cranial deformation = the elongated skulls were “man made” within the Inca society; they were NOT born with it. So now anons know in which category the Incas fall. It’s important to draw attention that the Inca were very fascinated by the Tiwanaku culture and they “adopted” loads of their culture, habits, traditions and knowledge….and we have “naturally” elongated skull within the Tiwanaku culture, so could the Incas be “imitating” the Tiwanaku by artifically, intentionally deforming the skulls? Is this where the Incas got the idea from? I think yes, it’s very likely.
“The Incas made human sacrifices. As many as 4,000 servants, court officials, favorites and concubines were killed upon the death of the Inca Huayna Capac in 1527. The Incas performed child sacrifices around important events, such as the death of the Sapa Inca or during a famine. These sacrifices were known as qhapaq hucha.”
>> I separate between the 2 ideas put forward in this last paragraph:
1 – Seems like the children sacrifice were real sacrifices; like the horror we know it to be.
2 – At the death of the Huayna Capac , I don’t see the servants and the others being sacrificed in a ritualistic way like what was done to the children. This is more like what we saw before in this thread, I’ve mentioned it a few times before, mostly in Mesopotamia: the Lord, would be burried with his “entourage”. They follow him WILLINGLY to the grave, to serve him in the afterlife as they served him while he was alive in this world.
“Deities
The Incas were polytheists who worshipped many gods. These included:
• Viracocha (also Pachacamac) – Created all living things
• Apu Illapu – Rain God, prayed to when they need rain
• Ayar Cachi – Hot-tempered God, causes earthquakes
• Illapa – Goddess of lightning and thunder (also Yakumama water goddess)
• Inti – sun god and patron deity of the holy city of Cusco (home of the sun)
• Kuychi – Rainbow God, connected with fertility
• Mama Killa – Wife of Inti, called Moon Mother
• Mama Occlo – Wisdom to civilize the people, taught women to weave cloth and build houses
• Manco Cápac – known for his courage and sent to earth to become first king of the Incas. Taught people how to grow plants, make weapons, work together, share resources and worship the Gods
• Pachamama – The Goddess of earth and wife of Viracocha. People give her offerings of coca leaves and beer and pray to her for major agricultural occasions
• Quchamama – Goddess of the sea
• Sachamama – Means Mother Tree, goddess in the shape of a snake with two heads
• Yakumama – Means mother Water. Represented as a snake. When she came to earth she transformed into a great river (also Illapa).
>> Next I’m going to make a stop at the gods and myths that are of use for this research.
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