Capitvlo De Los Idolos Vaca Billca Incap · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Capitvlo De Los Idolos Vaca Billca Incap
Subject: Gods; Inca Empire; Topa Inca Yupanqui; Huacas; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Deities; Idols
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Peru
Description: This chapter is dedicated to describing the idols and gods of the Incas. This image depicts the Inca Emperor, Topa Inca, speaking to local huacas [deities] on the uana cauri [Huanacauri] mountain. Topa Inca is depicted on the right side of the image wearing his royal garb and his name is written by his head to identify him. The idols are arranged in a circle at the base of the mountain. There are words on the image which is the dialogue spoken between the Inca and the idols. The dialogue written in front of the Inca reads uaca bilcacona - pim camcunamanta ama parachun cazachun runtochun ninqui rimari chaylla, which translates to deities, who among you has said for it not to rain, not to freeze, not to hail? Speak, that is all. The dialogue written in the circle of the idols reads manam nocacunaca ynca, which translates to it was not us, Inca. The writing below the circle of the idols is a caption for the image which reads contodas las uacas habla el ynga. This translates to the Inca speaks to all the idols.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20313
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_20313_OBJ.jpg

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