Inca Religion and CustomsUniversity of Texas Press, 1990 - 279 páginas Completed in 1653, Father Bernabe Cobo's Historia del Nuevo Mundo is an important source of information on pre-conquest and colonial Spanish America. Though parts of the work are now lost, the remaining sections which have been translated offer valuable insights into Inca culture and Peruvian history. Inca Religion and Customs is the second translation by Roland Hamilton from Cobo's massive work. Beginning where History of the Inca Empire left off, it provides a vast amount of data on the religion and lifeways of the Incas and their subject peoples. Despite his obvious Christian bias as a Jesuit priest, Cobo objectively and thoroughly describes many of the religious practices of the Incas. He catalogs their origin myths, beliefs about the afterlife, shrines and objects of worship, sacrifices, sins, festivals, and the roles of priests, sorcerers, and doctors. The section on Inca customs is equally inclusive. Cobo covers such topics as language, food and shelter, marriage and childrearing, agriculture, warfare, medicine, practical crafts, games, and burial rituals. Because the Incas apparently had no written language, such postconquest documents are an important source of information about Inca life and culture. Cobo's work, written by one who wanted to preserve something of the indigenous culture that his fellow Spaniards were fast destroying, is one of the most accurate and highly respected. |
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... devil took the shape of some important man who had already died . Posing in the same dress and physique as when the man was alive , with his finery and retinue , the devil would appear before his rela- tives and acquaintances ...
... devil took the shape of some important man who had already died . Posing in the same dress and physique as when the man was alive , with his finery and retinue , the devil would appear before his rela- tives and acquaintances ...
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... devil . All of their power and science stems from an explicit or implicit pact with the devil . Theologians usually divide this diabolic super- stition into four types . The first is called the art of magic , and this occurs when by it ...
... devil . All of their power and science stems from an explicit or implicit pact with the devil . Theologians usually divide this diabolic super- stition into four types . The first is called the art of magic , and this occurs when by it ...
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... devils go into the other brazier , and by the openings in it that they indicated to them ( the other spirits ] , they answered the first [ devil ] . Finally , in order to confirm that the truth had been spoken , they made the fire ...
... devils go into the other brazier , and by the openings in it that they indicated to them ( the other spirits ] , they answered the first [ devil ] . Finally , in order to confirm that the truth had been spoken , they made the fire ...
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Paganism of Inca Religion | 3 |
Origin Fables 3 Afterlife | 19 |
Viracocha the Creator 5 Sun Worship | 25 |
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