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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... stone channels goes across the middle of the mound structure at the ground level out- side . It is a canal a little more than two spans wide and about the same height , made of square , dressed stones which do not need mortar . The top ...
... stone channels goes across the middle of the mound structure at the ground level out- side . It is a canal a little more than two spans wide and about the same height , made of square , dressed stones which do not need mortar . The top ...
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... stones penetrate into the earth where they are placed . Judging by the visible traces of this wall that remain ... stones and of the whole complex . And the second is the extraordinary antiquity of the site . Who would not be astonished ...
... stones penetrate into the earth where they are placed . Judging by the visible traces of this wall that remain ... stones and of the whole complex . And the second is the extraordinary antiquity of the site . Who would not be astonished ...
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... stones have many jagged edges all around , and the stones that sit next to them are cut to fit perfectly . This work certainly is very hard and te- dious . In order to fit the stones together , it was necessary to put them in place and ...
... stones have many jagged edges all around , and the stones that sit next to them are cut to fit perfectly . This work certainly is very hard and te- dious . In order to fit the stones together , it was necessary to put them in place and ...
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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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