Viracocha

In Wiraqucha ( in Spanish spelling: Huiracocha or Viracocha ) is a pan- Andean creator deity before the conquest by the Spaniards ( Conquista ) was revered by all peoples of the cultural area of the Andes. Wiraqucha is often (but not by the Incas ) also equated with the creator of the world Pachakamaq ( Pachacamac ), and it appeared at times also the double name Pachakamaq Wiraqucha on.

In Inca mythology Qun Tiksi Wiraqucha is ( in Huarochirí manuscript: Quniraya Wiraqucha ) the creator of civilization and one of the most important deities in the mythology of the Incas. In a legend is told that he and his wife Mama Qucha (Mother Sea) had a son, Inti ( sun), and a daughter, Mama Killa (Moon). In this legend Wiraqucha leaves almost all people around Lake Titicaca die in a Flood called Unu Pachakuti (water - era ). Two, he can survive to bring civilization to the world. In another legend Wiraqucha created the first eight civilized human beings.

Tiksi (also tiqsi ) means in the Quechua language " basis ", wira means "fat " ( the Inca as a source of energy known ) and qucha means " lake " (as mama qucha: " sea "). Pacha means " world" or " time ", kamaq "creator".