Pagan Religions(Andean)

[johny smith]

This religious Andean world is populated by gods who have human attributes. Sometimes they love each other and other times they hate and fight each other. For this reason, the Andean religion has two dimensions in the lives of the people. First, in human terms it promotes social cohesion, and second, in transcendental terms it connects gods and humans.

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https://worldofciv.svn.sourceforge....sets/Modules/Rapture/Sounds/Andean/Andean.mp3

 

[johny smith]

Apu Illapu, the rain giver, was an agricultural deity to whom the common man addressed his prayers for rain. Temples to Illapu were usually on high structures; in times of drought, pilgrimages were made to them and prayers were accompanied by sacrifices-often human, if the crisis was sufficient. The people believed that Illapu's shadow was in the Milky Way, from whence he drew the water.

 

[johny smith]

Inti, the sun god, was the ranking deity in the Inca pantheon. His warmth embraced the Andean earth and matured crops; and as such he was beloved by farmers. Inti was represented with a human face on a ray-splayed disk. He was considered to be the divine ancestor of the Inca: "my father" was a title given to Inti by one Inca.

 

[johny smith]

In pre-Inca and Inca mythology, Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqutra (Con-Tici Viracocha, Viracocha), was the creator of civilization, and one of the most important deities in the Inca pantheon. Viracocha was a god of sun and storms. He was represented as wearing the sun for a crown, with thunderbolts in his hands, and tears descending from his eyes as rain. His role as creator and civilizer is similar to the Colombian myth of Bochica.

 

[johny smith]

Here is the folder of the Andean religions.

http://wocrapture.svn.sourceforge.n...Assets/Modules/Rapture/Andean.tar.gz?view=tar