Peruvian antiquities / by Mariano Edward Rivero and John James von Tschudi ; translated by Francis L. Hawks.

  • Mariano Eduardo de Rivero y Ustariz
Date:
1854
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Credit: Peruvian antiquities / by Mariano Edward Rivero and John James von Tschudi ; translated by Francis L. Hawks. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the bodies of their progenitors, and how the father is called ? How many sons he had ? Where they are, in what cave, or Machay^ and in what condition? XXII. W’’hat Conopa or Chanca they have? (Which is their household god), and whether it is Micuy-Conopa, or Zarapconopa, or Llamaconopa, if it is the Conopa of corn, or of grain, and whether all the other Indians possess them ? and to this question we must urge an answer, for we have proved how much easier it is to discover general Huacas than private ones which each one possesses. XXIII. In order to examine the wizard, we must ask whether he is Villac or Huacahuanrimac, which is he who ^peaks with the Hiiaca, and offers sacrifices to it; or whether it is Humumaxa, who is the most frequently consulted, or Rapiac ? or Socyac ? or Pachacuc ? or Asuac f or Yanapac ? or a wizard? and if he speaks with the Devil, and in what shape or form he appears to him ? XXIV. We must also ask what feasts they celebrate, at what seasons, and with what ceremonies ? because they ]ip,ve a variety of them in different places, and particularly whether they have confessed to the witch ? In the provinces of Caxatambo and Guailas may be asked: Huchaiquita-auca- cucchucanquil “ hast thou confessed thy sins to the witch?” and we must ask, with what ceremonies ? XXY. On what days do they drink, and what dances do they dance, and what songs do they sing during the feasts of the Huacas, and where they meet to confess on these days with their wizards ? Whether they have appointed places for this purpose, which they call Cayan ? XXVI. What dead bodies of Chuchus [twins] or Chacpas [born feet first] they have in their houses, or who has any such; and whether any such, either living or dead, have been baptized, which they are not accustomed to do ? 8*
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