Viracocha
Sign in to saveAlso known as Huiracocha, Wiracocha, Staff God, Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqucha, Wiraquchan, Wiraqochan
Viracocha (also Wiraqocha, Huiracocha; Quechua Wiraqucha) is the creator and supreme deity in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andes region of South America. According to the myth Viracocha had human appearance and was generally considered as bearded. According to the myth he ordered the construction of Tiwanaku. It is also said that he was accompanied by men also referred to as Viracochas.
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- Instance of
- solar deity
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Mama Qucha
- Image
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- Commons category
- Viracocha
- worshipped by
- Inca mythology
- different from
- Wiracocha Inca
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Cosmogony according to Spanish accounts
- Etymology
- Controversy over "White God"
- Rock formation at Ollantaytambo
- Conversion to Christianity
- See also
- References
Viracocha (also Wiraqocha, Huiracocha; Quechua Wiraqucha) is the creator and supreme deity in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andes region of South America. According to the myth Viracocha had human appearance and was generally considered as bearded. According to the myth he ordered the construction of Tiwanaku. It is also said that he was accompanied by men also referred to as Viracochas.
It is often referred to with several epithets. Such compound names include Ticsi Viracocha (''T'iqsi Wiraqocha), Contiti Viracocha, and, occasionally, Kon-Tiki Viracocha'' (the source of the name of Thor Heyerdahl's raft). Other designations are "the creator", Viracochan Pachayachicachan, Viracocha Pachayachachi or Pachayachachic ("teacher of the world").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viracocha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.