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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    XXVII. Who cut the hair of their sons ? And who keeps it ? XXVIII. Whether any dead bodies have been disinterred from the churches ? and whose ? and where have they been placed ? XXIX. What places are those which are called Apachita and Tocanca^ and where are they situated ? XXX. From what place, and at what season do they wor- ship the sun and the thunderbolt? And what witch is the Liuac-villac Who has the power of invoking him, and who is the MaJquivillacf XXXI. Who worships the Sierra nevada and the sea, when they go to the plains, drawing out their eyebrows ? , XXXII. What wizards take charge of the feasts and fasts, cause the Chicha to be made, and teach the 3muths their idolatries and superstitions ? XXXIII. Who places parianas [a species of Flamingo] for the safety of dwellings ? XXXIV. What articles do they offer to the hiiacas ? and whether they have domestic animals and dwellings? Who is the major-domo of the dwellings of the huacas, which are called PacJiacac ? XXXV. The wizard must be asked, when he goes to con- sult the Huaca, what answers he gives the Indians ? and how he is able to feign the speech of the Huaca f and if he tells you that when he speaks to the Huaca he becomes mad (which he will tell you many times), we must ask whether it is from the chicha which he drank, or from the effects of the Demon f XXXVI. In the past visit, what was done against the idolatries? what idols did the Indians cease to make use of? and of those which are left, what pieces over and above are kept, and where are they now ?
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