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Viracocha, the main god of Andean Mythology. extraterrestrial origin?

Viracocha or Wiracocha, who was this mythical personage, venerated with different names and represented in various ways since the Late Archaic period? This enigmatic deity appears represented in the mate of Caral, in the Raimondi Stela of Chavín, in the tissues of Karwa de Paracas, in the Sun Cover of Tiahuanaco, in the ceremonial urns of Wari and in the Temple of Koricancha of the Incas.

Viracocha is the great god, the creator in pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andean region of South America. His full name is Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqucha and Con-Tici (also spelled Kon-Tiki) Viracocha. Viracocha was one of the most important deities of the Inca Empire who was considered the creator of all things, or the substance from which all things are created; it was intimately related to the sea.

Viracocha created the universe, the sun, the moon, the stars, time (ordering the sun to move only through the sky) and civilization on earth. Viracocha was worshiped as god of the sun and storms. He was depicted wearing the sun as a crown, with lightning in each hand, and tears in his eyes in the form of rain.

According to the myth recorded by Juan de Betanzos, Viracocha left Lake Titicaca (from the Pacaritambo cave according to others) in times of darkness, bringing light. He created the sun, the moon, and the stars.

Viracocha, the main god of Andean Mythology. Of extraterrestrial origin?

Viracocha, at Puerta del Sol, in Tiahuanaco

He created humanity by blowing on the stones and from this first creation there were giants without brains, which displeased him a lot. So he destroyed them with a flood and from the smaller stones he created a better humanity. Finally, Viracocha disappeared into the Pacific Ocean (walking on water), never to return. He traveled the world disguised as a beggar, teaching his new creation the foundations of civilization, as well as performing numerous miracles. He wept when he saw the suffering of the creatures he had created. Viracocha was believed to reappear in times of difficulty.

Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa pointed out that Viracocha was described as:

A man of medium height, white, and dressed in a white robe, like a tie secured at the waist, and carrying a staff and a book in his hands. ”

One of the legends de Viracocha says that he had a son, Inti, and two daughters, Mama Quilla and Pachamama. In this legend, destroy the people of Lake Titicaca with a great flood called Unu Pachakuti, saving only two humans to bring civilization to the rest of the world; These two beings are Manco Capac, son of Inti (sometimes taken as the son of Viracocha), whose name means “splendid foundation”, and Mama Ocllo, which means “mother of fertility”. The two looked for an appropriate place where the golden rod called “Tapac-Yauri” sank to found the Inca civilization. In another legend, it is related that he was the father of the first eight civilized human beings. In some stories, he has a wife named Mama Cocha.

Viracocha, the main god of Andean Mythology. Of extraterrestrial origin?

It is the image we appreciate the worldview of the Andean world that the Incas kept in gold plates on the walls of the High Altar of the Coricancha Temple in Cusco. In the 16th century, the chronicler Aymara – Kana Yamqui Pachacuti Salcamayhua, drew the figure of said altar writing the meanings of each sign. The image represents the Order of Viracocha Pachayachachic, in which the human couple is a harmonious part of the whole.

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Etymology

When the first chroniclers arrived in America, Spanish was in full evolution and its alphabet still lacked regulations. In such cases, it was common to use both the “v” and the “u” to interchangeably represent the vowel (u) and the semiconsonant (w), today represented as u or hu. For this reason it was mostly transcribed as Viracocha, although some also wrote, Huiracocha and Huiraccocha. Other versions were Ticci, Tiqsi or Tiksi.

According to the chronicler Sarmiento de Gamboa, Viracocha means “fat or sea foam” because when God left the land of Peru with his servants, they walked on the water like foam. This supports the hypothesis that “Viracocha” results from the combination of wira and qucha. In Quechua, qucha is “expanse of water” while wira means “fat, greasy.”

However, Professor Jaime Salazar, a passionate student of Andean culture, maintains that “Wiraqochan” expresses “source of life.”

Viracocha according to the Huarochirí manuscript:

Viracocha’s identity is combining with the Cuniraya idol in the first chapter of the Huarochiri Manuscript. The addition of the Viracocha name to worship that idol shows that it was invoked and respected. And people love him before he starts working hard in the fields.

The myth that follows explains the exploits of Cuniraya Viracocha and the way in which he deceives the beautiful Huaca Cavillaca. All the huacos want her but nevertheless she did not sleep with anyone. One day, Cuniraya Viracocha transforms into a bird and plants his male germ in fruit. When she eats the fruit, she becomes pregnant without having sex. When Cavillaca tries to identify the father of his son, Cuniraya Viracocha appears as a poor beggar and tries to get his son back. She does not believe him and runs towards the sea where she and her son transform into islands. He tries to find her and asks several animals for help, but he is too late. When he reaches the sea, he rapes Pachacamac’s youngest daughter, another deity. When the mother tries to punish him, he runs away. Wandering the earth.

Viracocha, the main god of Andean Mythology. Of extraterrestrial origin?

Impressive representation of Viracocha

Other information about Viracocha

–In other legends it is also said that before leaving, he delegated the secondary tasks of creation to his two assistants, Toca pu Viracocha and Imaymana Viracocha, who immediately headed east and west of the Andes, to give life and name to all the plants and animals that were making appear on the earth, in a beautiful auxiliary mission of the one carried out before by Viracocha.

–It is also pointed out that he had a companion in the shape of a golden hummingbird, aware of the past, present and future, his name was “Inti”.

–The chroniclers point out that Tiqsi Viracocha came from Tiahuanaco and created beings in his likeness. Some versions mention that he made the world; that on his pilgrimage he came to Cacha where its inhabitants tried to kill him: he knelt down, raised his hands to heaven and brought down a fire from above that burned the region. Then he continued on his way and reached the sea, where he met his servants and embarked with them.

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–Two anthropologists from the Field Museum, Chicago, and the University of Northern Illinois, United States, found the fragment of a mate or zucchini with the figure of the god.

The discovery occurred in a Norte Chico cemetery, about 200 kilometers north of Lima.

Viracocha, the main god of Andean Mythology. Of extraterrestrial origin?

Mate fragment with the figure of Wiracocha found in Caral

The representation of the deity with fangs and claws engraved about 4,000 years ago on the fragment of a vessel would indicate that the cult of Viracocha is a thousand years older than previously thought.

Carbon 14 tests showed that the engraving on the vessel fragment dates from approximately 2250 B.C.

Viracocha’s figure was apparently engraved on the vessel with a hot punch.

–In the reign of Yawar Waqaq, the temple of Viracocha was ordered to be built in the city of Cusco, of which some vestiges are still preserved.

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