Chapter 5 Part 1, Introduction of The QQuichua Hero-God Viracocha

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Section sixteen, Chapter five, Part one. Introduction of the Kikichua
hero god Vericocha. Section sixteen, Chapter five, Part one of
American Hero Myths. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox

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to volunteer, please visit LibriVox dot org. Read by Kerrie Adams,
Your Book Boys, American Hero Myths. A study in the
Native religions of the Western Continent by Daniel Garrison Brinton.

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Chapter five, Part one. Introduction of the Kikuichua hero god Vericocha.
Chapter five. The Kikuichua hero god Viracocha. Viracocha as the
first cause his name Ilatici Kiquichua prayers. Other names and

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titles of Viracocha, his worship a true monotheism, The myth
of the Four Brothers, Myth of the Twin Brothers. Viracocha
as Chunapa, he who perfects various incidents in his life

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relation to Manko Kappak. He disappears in the West. Viracocha
rises from Lake Titikaka and journeys to the west. Derivation
of his name. He was represented as white and bearded.

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The myth of Khan and Pakakamak Kntici Viricocha prophecies the
Peruvian seers the white Men called piracochas similarities to Aztec myths.
The most majestic empire on this continent at the time

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of its discovery was that of the Incas. It extended
along the Pacific from the parallel of two degrees north
latitude to twenty degrees south, and may be roughly said
to have been fifteen hundred miles in length, with an
average width of four hundred miles. The official and principal

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tongue was the Kiquichua, the two other languages of importance
being the Yunka spoken by the coast tribes, and the
Amara around Lake Tidikaka and south of it. The latter
in phonetics and in many root words became phrase a

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relationship to the Kikuichua, but a remote one. The Kikuichuas
were a race of considerable cultivation. They had a developed
metrical system and were especially fond of the drama. Several
specimens of their poetical and dramatic compositions have been preserved

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and indicate a correct taste. Although they did not possess
a method of writing, they had various menomonic aids by
which they were enabled to recall their verses and their
historical traditions. End of Chapter five, Part one, read by

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Carrie Adams, Your Book Boys,