According to
Inca mythology
Inca mythology of the Inca Empire was based on pre-Inca beliefs that can be found in the Huarochirí Manuscript, and in pre-Inca cultures including Chavín, Paracas, Moche, and the Nazca culture. The mythology informed and supported Inca re ...
, Ayar Cachi (in Hispanicized spelling) or Ayar Kachi (''kachi'' means salt in
Quechua) was one of the brothers of
Manco Cápac, who emerged from the cave at
Paqariq Tampu
In Inca mythology, one of the main Incan creation myths was that of the Ayar Brothers, who emerged from a cave called Paqariq Tampu (also spelled Paqariqtampu) (Quechua language, Quechua ''paqariy'' 'to dawn, to be born', ''-q'' a suffix, ''Tambo ...
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[de Gamboa, P.S., 2015, History of the Incas, Lexington, ] He could shoot down hills with a single shot of his sling.
One legend tells that Ayar Cachi was very strong and was also very cruel to not only the natives they met along their journey to the
Valley of Cuzco but also to his own people. The other Incas, Ayar Cachi’s brothers and sisters (
Manco Capac,
Ayar Auca,
Ayar Uchu,
Mama Ocllo,
Mama Huaco,
Mama Ipacura, and
Mama Raua) all were afraid he would cause their people to desert them, so they made a plan to have him killed. Manco Capac told Ayar Cachi that they had left important objects back at the windows they had originated out of and asked him to go get them. The Incas sent Tampu-Chacay, who had been secretly ordered to kill Ayar Cachi, back to the windows with him. Ayar Cachi entered through the window called Ccapac-tocco in order to retrieve the items, but while he was in there, Tampu-Chacay sealed the opening with a rock, trapping Ayar Cachi inside to die. In retaliation Ayar Cachi turned Tampu-Chacay to stone, but was unable to escape the trap set for him by the other Incas.
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References
Inca mythology
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