Viracocha
concept
16 mentions
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 31 Jul
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Andean creator god invoked by the Incas
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentUnknownA Short History of the United States · American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the W... · 7:18:24 · 31 Jul
…from idolatry to theism the inca even went so far as to banish all images of viracocha from his temples so that this the greatest of gods should be worshipped as an immaterial spirit only…
UnknownA Short History of the United States · American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the W... · 7:17:35 · 31 Jul
…it is related that the inca yupangui published to his people that to him had appeared viracocha with admonition that he alone was lord of the world and creator of all things that he had made the heavens the sun and man and that it was not right that these his works should receive equal homage with himself…
UnknownA Short History of the United States · American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the W... · 7:17:17 · 31 Jul
…there was also a manifest progress in the definition of the idea of god that is of a single infinite intelligence as the source and controlling power of phenomena we have it on record that in peru this was the direct fruit of the myth of viracocha…
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