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Religion (Festivals (Offerings - Animals and sometimes human sacrifices,…
Religion
Gods/Deities
Viracocha - Creator God
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Gods of Sky
Moon Goddess (Quilla)
Coya (Emperors Wife) was connected with the female god, the Moon
Associated with silver, the "tears of the moon"
Sun God (Inti)
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Associated with gold, the "sweat of the sun"
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Festivals
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September Festival - dedicated to female Goddess and was celebrated under the protection of the Moon and the Sun Gods
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Religious Expansion
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Priests, royal historians and record keepers were employed to continue and sustain state religion and history
Different regions worshiped special local deities, however, there soon developed a core of features that became universal religious concepts
Sacred Sites (Huacas)
Places of Worship
Stone of Intihuatana (Machu Picchu) - Worked as a solar clock and allowed people to calculate the Winter Solstice
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Quenco (North of Cuzco) - resembles a seated puma, one of the Inca's sacred huacas
Apacheta - special type of huaca which was stone cairns on mountain passes were thought to hold local deities' spirits
Landscapes
Waters
All rivers and lakes were held sacred because as water was universally recognized as the source of life
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Duality
The universe and everything in it comprise two parts in opposition which seek completion through unity
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Symbols of Divinity
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Rainforest Animals
(Jaguars, serpents, monkeys, etc.)
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Ecological Relationship
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Humans to enjoy earths benefits through the grace of the gods, not to exploit it
Humans not considered themselves center/focus of the world, but one group among all living things
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