The Quechua names of Viracocha, supposed "Creator God" of the evangelizers

Colonial written sources are full of data on Viracocha, but these data often seem contradictory. They are, more than because of the right to information, because of the misinterpretation on the part of the authors of the chronicles and post-Inca relationships. For this reason, the first step of the...

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Autor: Duviols, Pierre
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1977
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Católica San Pablo
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Católica San Pablo
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.ucsp.edu.pe:article/846
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucsp.edu.pe/index.php/Allpanchis/article/view/846
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Inca religion
Viracocha
religión inca
evangelización virreinal
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Sumario:Colonial written sources are full of data on Viracocha, but these data often seem contradictory. They are, more than because of the right to information, because of the misinterpretation on the part of the authors of the chronicles and post-Inca relationships. For this reason, the first step of the investigation must consist of stripping that famous divinity of the Christian disguise that the missionaries and the chroniclers put on him. For this we will ask ourselves: Why did the missionaries want to make Viracocha a creator god? And how did they make him a creator god? We find the answer to the first question by analyzing the ideological and theological tendencies of missionary Spain in the 16th century. The answer to the second question is in the same chronicles.