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Title
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Hichezeros de Zvenos Llvlla Laica Vmu
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Description
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This chapter is dedicated to discussing the sorcerers of the Inca Empire and their practices. This illustration depicts three different types of practicing sorcerers. There is a sorcerer depicted at the top of the image sleeping. The author explains that this type of sorcerer can communicate with demons during their sleep while they dream. There is a demon figure illustrated leaning over the sleeping sorcerer. There is a caption to the left of the demon which reads hichezero de sueño [sorcerer of sleep]. The sorcerer in the middle of the image is depicted standing in front of a fire. The author explains that these sorcerers can heat up cauldrons with fire and add items into it to conjure demons, which is why there is a demon depicted in the fire. The caption beside this sorcerer reads hichezero de fuego [sorcerer of fire]. The illustration at the bottom of the image depicts sorcerers who could suck illnesses out of people. The author explains that he believed these sorcerers to be false and illegitimate. The caption at the very bottom of the image reads hicheseros falsos [false sorcerers].
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Image Creator
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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:20438
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Source Name
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El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
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Image
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