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Identifier: mythsofmexicoper01spen (find matches)
Title: The myths of Mexico and Peru
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Spence, Lewis, 1874-1955
Subjects: Indians of Mexico Indian mythology Indians of Mexico Indians of South America Indian mythology Indians of South America
Publisher: New York, T. Y. Crowell company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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th appearedto Thonapa, and told him not to fear, for he was sentfrom the divine guardian who watched over him. Hereleased Thonapa, who escaped, though he was wellguarded. He went down into the lake, his mantlekeeping him above the water as a boat would havedone. After Thonapa had escaped from the bar-barians he remained on the rock of Titicaca, afterwardsgoing to the town of Tiya-manacu, where again hecursed the people and turned them into stones. Theywere too bent upon amusement to listen to his preach-ing. He then followed the river Chacamarca till itreached the sea, and, like Quetzalcoatl, disappeared.This is good evidence that he was a solar deity, or man of the sun, who, his civilising labours com-pleted, betook himself to the house of his father. A Myth of Manco Ccapac Inca When Manco Ccapac Inca was born a staff which hadbeen given to his father turned into gold. He hadseven brothers and sisters, and at his fathers death heassembled all his people in order to see how much he320
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A beautiful youth appeared to Thonapa William Sewell 320 CONIRAYA VIRACOCHA could venture in making fresh conquests. He and hisbrothers supplied themselves with rich clothing, newarms, and the golden staff called tapac-yauri (royalsceptre). He had also two cups of gold from whichThonapa had drunk, called tapacusi. They proceededto the highest point in the country, a mountain wherethe sun rose, and Manco Ccapac saw several rainbows,which he interpreted as a sign of good fortune,Delighted with the favouring symbols, he sang the songo( Chamayhuarisca (The Song of Joy). Manco Ccapacwondered why a brother who had accompanied himdid not return, and sent one of his sisters in searchof him, but she also did not come back, so he v/enthimself, and found both nearly dead beside a huaca.They said they could not move, as the huaca^ a stone,retarded them. In a great rage Manco struck thisstone with his tapac-yauri. It spoke, and said that hadit not been for his wonderful golden staff he wouldhave h

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