The Origin of the Empire
The myth is the way they found to keep the ancient cultures from one generation to the explanation of its origin or provenance through an imaginative and fantastic narration will vary over time. The myth becomes a wonderful story outside of historical time and starring characters of the divine nature.
Inca culture was no exception. The writers collected a series of legends and myths designed to explain its origin. The stories collected by the writers present a series of male and female characters, which highlights the presence of Manco Capac, the founder of Cuzco and the Inca culture. Garcilaso de la Vega mestizo chronicler states that the place of origin of the Incas pacarina located on Lake Titicaca, from where Father Sun sends husbands brothers Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo a long journey to the north, with the aim of finding the sacred valley where he founded a new state. In its long journey to the mythic couple arrived Pacaritampu-Posada-dawn where they stayed for one night, the next day Manco Capac ordered that the area is populated for having served as a refuge. They continued their long journey north, arriving to the hill where Manco Capac Huanacaure rod mágica1entregada launched by his father, this staff would be buried in the Valley being the signal to settle there the holy city. Local people, known in the chronicles as Acamama 1 , Marveled at the knowledge and skills 2 mythical partner and ended by welcoming them as their leaders, revered as "Children of the Sun." Garcilaso's interest in capturing the attention of European readers, leads him to transform this indigenous tradition with elements not compatible with the Andean world. At all times tried to project an idealized image of Tahuantinsuyo, presenting it as a political society and economic well-organized, without problems, which were not known hunger or scarcity, rather living according to a rational exploitation of resources and a fair distribution of wealth. But further research would prove otherwise, as noted in the ethno historian Maria Rostworowski, culture in this region for millennia and there was no state of barbarism that Garcilaso attributed to pre-Inca. Also it is known that the Inca state, having achieved a high level of development, serious social problems faced during the time it was enforced due to internal power struggles and the difficulties inherent in any conquering people.
In the case of the myth of the Ayar brothers, the best supported, we can see clearly the dual conception of the world, the presence of four brothers with their respective counterparts. Salidos
a cave called Pacaritambo, Production Posada, Posada del Amanecer or House of the cache. This place was found on the hill Tambotoco, it had three windows. From one of these windows, Capac Toco, came four brothers whose names were Ayar Uchu, Ayar Cachi, and Ayar Manco Ayar Auca. They were accompanied by four sisters, Mama Ocllo Huaco Mama, Mama and Mama Cura Ipacura or Raua. Every writer, when following his informants, has small variations of these episodes.
narrated myths here, references to the way it was occupied by the ancient Inca Cusco, are totally different stories from the version given by Garcilaso. Legend of the Ayar, with transformations of the characters on stones or "guanca" sacred, as well as the long pilgrimage Manco group are very Andean episodes, also present in the myths of other ethnicities. The migration of the Incas was not the primitive bands of herders and hunters, but essentially agricultural peoples, greatly concerned to find good farmland.
"In the psychoanalytic analysis of the myth are the two fundamental prohibitions, that of incest and parricide and instead becomes apparent the existence of a network of fraternal relationships in which incest appears to be given. This myth does not exist the married couple, only the binomial mother / son / brother / sister. Within of that system of relations, interdiction by the father inside the triangle is absent. The kinship system present in the myth of the Ayar seems to imply, from this perspective, a dual relationship between the child and mother "(Hernández et al, 1987) 3 .
is interesting to note that the version of Guaman Poma Mama Huaco is mentioned as the mother of Manco Capac and alludes to an incestuous relationship between them. On the other hand, Sarmiento de Gamboa Huaco mentions that Mama was one of the leaders of the group and that the people of Matagua this woman was "very strong and right hand "took two gold rods and threw toward the north, a Colcabamba fell, but land kneeling hard not allowed. The second threw a land called Guayanaypata which entered softly. Other informants told Sarmiento de Gamboa was Manco Capac and Mama no Huaco who threw the magic wand that would indicate permanent settlement. DATING
1 "... according to records Huaman Poma de Ayala and the priest Murru Mercy Martin, the former name of the territory in which sits the present city of Cusco was Acamama. It was actually a small village nestled between two river valleys of Cusco, ie Huatanay and Tullumayo. This village was made up of four neighborhoods: Quinti Cancha Chumbi Cancha Cancha and Yarambuy Sairi court ... "Maria Rostworowski," Eciclopedia theme of Peru: Incas, Editorial Orbis Ventures SAC First Edition 2004 p. 21
2 "... it says that Manco Capac met all men and teach them the art of war and the construction of irrigation canals and agricultural terraces. Ocllo Mama, meanwhile, gathered the women and instructed in the art of weaving and culture ... "Op.cit .. p22
3 Taken http://incas.perucultural.org.pe, recommended site. READ
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