Handbook of Inca Mythology
Paul Richard Steele & Catherine J. Allen
Language: English
Published: Oct 25, 2004
Words:
138507
Flesch:
72.48
DDC:
299.88323013
FAST Tags:
Inca mythology,
Andes Region,
Legends
LCC:
F3429
LC Genre:
Book Details
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Description:
Full of hard to find information, Handbook of Inca Mythology provides an accessible introduction to the rites, beliefs, and spiritual tales of the Incas. It provides a concise overview of Incan civilization and mythology, a chronology of mythic and historical events, and an A-Z inventory of central themes (sacrifice, fertility, competition, reversaldualism, colors, constellations, giants, and miniatures), personages (Viracocha, Manco Capac, Pachackuti Inca), locations (Lake Titicaca, Corickancha), rituals, and icons.The last Native American culture to develop free of European influence, the Incas, who had no written language, are known only from Spanish accounts written after the conquest and archaeological finds. From these fragments, a vanished world has been reborn and reintroduced into modern Andean life. There is no better way into that world and its mind-bending mythology than this unique handbook.