Mama Ocllo

For the mountain in Bolivia, see Mama Uqllu.
Mama Ocllo, anonymous oil on canvas painting from Peru, circa 1840, San Antonio Museum of Art

In Inca mythology, Mama Cora Ocllo[1] /ˈɒkjoʊ/, Mama Ocllo, Mama Ogllo, Mama Oello[2] (in hispanicized spellings), Mama Oella, Mama Oullo, Mama Occlo (spellings resulting from bad OCR),[3][4] Mama Okllo or Mama Uqllu (Quechua)[5] was deified as a mother and fertility goddess.[6] In one legend she was a daughter of Inti and Mama Killa, and in another the daughter of Viracocha (Wiraqucha) and Mama Qucha.[7] She was the sister and wife of Manco Cápac (Manqu Qhapaq)[8]:28-36 and discovered Cusco with him.[9][10] She taught the Inca women the art of spinning thread.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "EL PRIMER NVEVA CORÓNICA".
  2. ↑ Bancroft, byHubert Howe (1980). The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft the native races : vol. IV, antiquities. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft. p. 296. ISBN 0665141556.
  3. ↑ Edwardes, Marian (1912). A dictionary of non-classical mythology. London: J.M. Dent & Sons. p. 113.
  4. ↑ Bingham, Ann (2004). South and Meso-American mythology A to Z. New York: Facts on file. p. 79. ISBN 0816048894.
  5. ↑ Dean, Carolyn (2010). A culture of stone : Inka perspectives on rock. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. p. 88. ISBN 9780822347910.
  6. ↑ Siquijor, Rom. Inkari : the sacred prophecy of the inca kings. [S.l.]: Palibrio. ISBN 1617648736.
  7. ↑ Bingham, Ann (2004). South and Meso-American mythology A to Z. New York: Facts on file. p. 68. ISBN 0816048894.
  8. ↑ de Gamboa, P.S., 2015, History of the Incas, Lexington, ISBN 9781463688653
  9. ↑ Julien, Catherine (2000). Reading Inca history. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. p. 64. ISBN 9781587294112.
  10. ↑ Coulter, Charles Russell; Turner, Patricia (2000). Encyclopedia of ancient deities. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 304. ISBN 9780786403172.
  11. ↑ Stanton, editors: Janet Parker, Julie (2006). Mythology : myths, legends & fantasies. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. p. 505. ISBN 1770074538.
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