A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – She is an important figure in Inca’s ancient beliefs. Ocllo (or Mama Uqllu) was worshipped by the Incas of Central and Southern Andes, South America, 1197–1532. Ocllo and her divine brother Manco Capac are involved in the Inca’s legendary story of the creation of Cuzco.
Mama Ocllo, Peru, circa 1840, San Antonio Museum of Art. source
The legend of the founding of the Inca land is known in several versions. However, the most common is how the great god of the sun, Inti, was looking at the people who were doing very poorly on earth – and decided to help them.
So, he decided to bring order by sending a young Manco Capac and his sister/wife Mama Ocllo to Earth and build an empire. The two were sent down from the sky on a sunbeam on an island in Lake Titicaca.
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