Inca Religion Research Paper

The Inca Empire, the massive nation that extended 2,500 miles along the western coast of South America and had a population of over 7 million at its peak. It included all of what is now Ecuador and Peru and most of Chile. Known as “The Children of the Sun”, they excelled at craftsmanship, weaving, and culture (“Children of the Sun”). A very religious people, they worshiped the Sun as their supreme god and held religious festivals monthly to appease these gods. Although they did not value it aside from its beautiful appearance, the Inca Empire was home to millions of pounds of solid gold and silver. The Inca had no use for it except to use it to craft decorations and statues. In fact, an Inca citizen valued cloth more than they valued gold

The Incas went to heaven if they were good but they went to the underworld if they lived a bad life. Mummies are sacred to the Incas. The Incas said corichaanh means golden temples. The Incas believed in an afterlife for their whole life. The Incas wrapped material around the dead people to make them mummies. The Incas brought gifts to the dead people so they can use the gift in the afterlife. When you went to the underworld for living a bad life you had to eat rocks. The Incas makes ahuaca man made. The Incas done and made sacrifices in the church rooms. Where they make the sacrifices the room is gold. The Incas temple rooms are made out of cuzco. Sapu acted like himself was a god. The gods believed in innaha pacha. The rest of the temple rooms were for the gods to use. Coricancha used to be the most important temple of them all. Most of the Incas worshiped their own gods. Inti was the most important god of all the gods. There was one more important god but she was the most important from the moon her name is mama quilla. The spanish tore down the coricancha temple. The priest of the temples were the most important to the Incas. The Incas thought that mountains were sacred to them. They had parades for the dead emperors. They keep servant to look out for the dead emperor's body. The incas celebrated every month and every

Inca was a very large empire located in South America. It was the largest pre-Columbian America Empire, at its height it had around 10 million people. The daily life of the Incas depended on their place in the hierarchy that they called a class system. There were many different roles in the Inca class system, some of them are: The Sapa (The Leader), The Villac Umu (chief Priest), Coya (The Queen), farmers and many more however, these are the most important roles.

In the Saraguro region in Ecuador, the Incans used their religion to control the population. It was key that the Incan Empire used their religion to manipulate sacred landscapes to control portions of a population. It is seen archeologically that the Incans manipulated several ritually important places and other imperial infrastructures into the sacred region of Saraguro. In the article, Inca Manipulation of the Sacred Landscape of Saraguro Ecuador, by Dennis E. Ogburn, he discusses how all throughout the Saraguro region of Ecuador, it is seen that the empire manipulated the landscapes for religious purposes as well as for controlling their people.

The Inca’s has invented many different things, especially in math, writing, and astronomy. One big thing they invented is the quipus. It is a sort of knot record keeping system. It could be used for the telling of stories to documenting how much of something you had. It was very cool and each one was different and told you something different. Their calendar is sort of similar to the calendars we have today. Their calendar has 12 months (just like ours) with 3 weeks consisting of 10 days. The calendars were marvelous because they were used to mark religious festivals and the planting of crops. They also studied the sun and the moon to make the calendars. They connected their religion to their astronomical beliefs. “The Inca worship of stars and dark constellations shows us that this culture believed everything around them was connected.” (Hendrika Janssen) They had many intriguing achievements

The Inca became a tribe in 1200 B.C., in the Cuzco area of southwestern Peru. The other names for the Inca’s were/are Inka, Tahuantinsuyu, or Tawantinsuyu. The Inca’s worshiped gods and nature. They believed in omens and their dreams. the Incas called themselves “ the Children of the Sun.” Around 1438 C.E, under the command of Emperor Pachacuti, the Inca defeated the neighboring Andean tribes. The Inca’s soon laid out the foundations of the Inca Empire.

The dream of most archaeologists is to find something that is well preserved in order to retrieve all of the needed information. The finding of a 7 year old boy mummy up in the Aconcagua Mountains was exactly what archaeologist hope to find. The Aconcagua boy is a well preserved mummy whom was found back in summer of 1985 by hikers whom happened to just stumble upon this well preserved mummy (“The complete mitogenome…”). These hikers were not aware of the significance of their finding, and all the information that could be retrieved from this mummified boy. Archaeologist soon came to find, after observing this mummy that he had been part of a ritual known as the “capachoca” that the Inca used to take part in. The ritual only scarified children to their gods

The Inca also made stone walls that would withstand tremendous earthquakes. They invented 20,000 miles of road. Also, Human labor was the coin of the Inca empire.

The Inca Empire is one of the most mysterious and intriguing civilizations of the second millennium. The Inca Empire is the largest empire to ever be established in pre-Columbian South America, so it was a wonder as to how such a large civilization was created and destroyed in only about 100 years. The origin story of the Inca’s is a native tale that’s been passed down for generations, but the actual story of how the empire was established is sparsely known. The destruction and crumbling of Inca civilization by the Spanish is common knowledge, but it’s less known that the native people brought their own downfall upon themselves. The purpose of this essay is to provide historic knowledge upon the lesser known circumstances of the Inca Empire’s

National identity is maintained by means of language, religion, and music. Festivals like the Fiesta de la Cruz and Inti Raymi exemplify the integral practices and aspects that unites Peru with its fellow Latin American countries while still maintaining independent themes. The Fiesta de la Cruz is celebrated on the 3rd of May every year and is a celebration of the cross in which Jesus died. Inti Raymi is an Incan religious ceremony that honors the god of the sun, Inti. Peru has blended a series of Spanish, Andean, and African elements into their music style. Music of the Andes is mainly preserved historical music that has been passed down from generation to generation. Few original compositions have been written down and have often been blended with other melodies or altered in some way. Much of the music in Peru is associated with various festivals and dances that have cultural or historical significance. The Chujchu is a satirical dance that depicts several slaves overworking themselves and subsequently dying from malaria and labor; towards the end of the dance, death himself comes to retrieve the poor soul. Another prominent dance in Peruvian culture is the Qhapaq Ch'unchu. This dance focuses on the Virgin Mary as she is paraded around town and is protected by the most chivalrous warriors who have dedicated their lives to serving this iconic religious figure. Peru is not limited to just

The Inca's were also people who were well educated on the art of war and battle. The Inca’s had an abnormal fighting style which consisted of

The Incan empire expanded do to its fast knowledge, fascination, religion and determination. The Inca’s were a great people, they came up with ideas for their time was pretty advanced and also different, Incan tribes conquered different places around them and flourished due to them having a tolerance for the native people and also using some of their ideas as influence to help build up their empire, create sculptures, holy lands, and stories for why things happen. Incas believe that the sun god Initi rose from the ocean and made the sun and then created them from different things on the earth, since they believe that believe that, the tribe name actually means “Children of the sun” or “The Chosen ones”. The incas in a way were like the egyptians,

In this source review, I decided to choose the passage Sacred Mountains, Ceremonial Sites, and Human Sacrifice Among the Incas by Johan Reinhard and Constanza Ceruti. In the review, Reinhard talks about the many archaeological explorations they performed. The explorations discovered human remains, usually buried with different artifacts. The artifacts would include vases, pots, and/or tapestries. Only a few human remains were found throughout the centuries of archaeological expeditions. These remains seemed to be used during a sacred ritual the Incas performed called a capacocha. The capacocha was a ritual involved in sacrificing human lives in the mountains. The Incan people believed that the mountains were sacred and possessed supernatural

Religious practices in the Inca society consisted of sacrifices and worshiping their gods. Sacrifices happened for their gods and goddesses during worship. They would normally sacrifice small children in the mountains because they were considered the purest of beings. (This would be located in the center because this is important). The Incas were polytheistic,this is important to know because this is supposedly why the Inca make sacrifices of the young beings. Their main god was Viracocha because they believed that he made the earth,stars,moon,and sun.This is why the Inca had sacrifice,to give back to him or just to worship other gods and or goddesses.The Incas emperors were considered to be demigods because they were all knowing and wise.

The Inca was also known as Tawantinsuyu, first appeared in the Andes region of South America throughout the 12th century A.D, the heterogeneous empire quickly flourished through the military power of their emperors. They had their own culture and pantheist beliefs up until 1438, however, the influences of past settlements and the following ninety-five years of expansion caused religious beliefs to change and develop significantly. The Inca conquered neighbouring Andean regions which had their own set of religious beliefs, worshipped deities and had unique practices. Nearly all Andean communities participated in the everyday worship of the forces of nature (including rain, lightning, thunder, the moon and the rising of the sun each day) and venerated the earth’s physical features (such as snakes, jaguars, rivers and mountains). The peasants among each allyu (a group of extended families) executed these practices for thousands of years. Each allyu worshipped their ancestors, which they believed to originate from the natural world at sacred places called huacas.