Inca religion and costums
A translation of a 1653 work, providing vast amounts of data on the religion and lifeways of the Incas and their subject peoples.
Print Book, English, 1997
1st pr
University of Texas Press, Austin, 1997
XXIII, 279 p. ; 23 cm.
9780292738614, 0292738617
1026100303
Foreword by John Howland RoweIntroduction: Father Cobo and the IncasA Note on the TranslationMeasurementsBook I: ReligionPaganism of lnca ReligionOrigin FablesAfterlifeViracocha the CreatorSun WorshipMoon and Star DeitiesWorship of the Thunder, the Sea, and the EarthPururauca DeitiesGuauque IdolsIdolatry of the DeceasedOther DeitiesTemple of the Sun at CuzcoChinchaysayu RoadAntisuyu RoadCollasayu RoadCuntisayu RoadTemple of PachacamaTemple of CopacabanaTemple of TiaguanacoTemple of ApurimaSacrificesAddlitional SacrificesActs of Worship and PrayersSinsRaymi FestivalFestivals of the Second MonthFestivals of the Third, Fifth, and Sixth MonthsFestivals of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth MonthsFestivals of the Tenth MonthFestivals of the Eleventh and Twelfth MonthsItu FestivalCoronation of the IncaFunctions of the PriestsSortilegosCuringDivinersCloistered WomenOmens and SuperstitionsBook II: CustomsQuichua and AymaráGarmentsTowns and HousesHome FurnishingsFood and DrinkEducationMarriage Agriculture Warfare MedicineWeaving Building and Stone WorkBridgesBoatsSilverwork and MetallurgyHuntingGames and MusicTombsBurialNotesGlossaryIndexIndexes for the Shrines of Cuzco