A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Inca state and culture were born with a legend.
The children of the god Inti, Manco Capac and his sister Mama Ocllo wandered from Lake Titicaca to the Cuzco Valley. The mission of civilization was given to them by their father, the sun god. After persuading local Indians to worship the sun, they taught them animal husbandry, house building, fieldwork, and various other crafts.
Pachacuti (Pachakutiq Inka Yupanki) established the Inca Empire after defeating the Chanca people, an indigenous group who lived in the Andes from the 10th to 14th centuries.
In 1438, the Chanca were attacking the Inca capital Cuzco and threatened to take it.
Another colorful legend says that at the crucial moment on the battle with the Chanca tribe, the stones in the battlefield turned temporarily into warriors and effectively helped Pachacuti’s forces to destroy the enemy. Later, the rocks were gathered and placed in shrines for future worship.
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