Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I OF THE IDOLATRY OF THE SECOND AGE, AND OF ITS ORIGIN
- CHAPTER II THE YNCAS SOUGHT THE TRUE GOD OUR LORD
- CHAPTER III THE YNCAS KEPT A IN A SACRED PLACE
- CHAPTER IV OF MANY GODS IMPROPERLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE INDIANS BY THE SPANISH HISTORIANS
- CHAPTER V OF MANY OTHER MEANINGS OF THE WORD HUACA
- CHAPTER VI WHAT AN AUTHOR SAYS CONCERNING THEIR GODS
- CHAPTER VII THEY KNEW OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL, AND OF THE GENERAL RESURRECTION
- CHAPTER VIII OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SACRIFICED TO THE SUN
- CHAPTER IX OF THE PRIESTS, RITES, AND CEREMONIES, AND OF THE LAWS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FIRST YNCA
- CHAPTER X THE AUTHOR COLLATES HIS OWN STATEMENTS WITH THOSE OF THE SPANISH HISTORIANS
- CHAPTER XI THEY DIVIDED THE EMPIRE INTO FOUR DISTRICTS, AND REGISTERED THEIR VASSALS
- CHAPTER XII TWO DUTIES WHICH THE DECURIONS PERFORMED
- CHAPTER XIII CONCERNING CERTAIN LAWS THAT THE YNCAS INSTITUTED IN THEIR GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER XIV THE DECURIONS GAVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS
- CHAPTER XV THE INDIANS DENY THAT AN YNCA OF THE BLOOD ROYAL HAS EVER COMMITTED ANY CRIME WHATEVER
- CHAPTER XVI THE LIFE AND ACTS OF SINCHI ROCA THE SECOND KING OF THE YNCA DYNASTY
- CHAPTER XVII LLOQUE YUPANQUI, THIRD KING, AND THE MEANING OF HIS NAME
- CHAPTER XVIII TWO CONQUESTS MADE BY THE YNCA LLOQUE YUPANQUI
- CHAPTER XIX THE CONQUESTS OF HATUN-COLLA, AND THE ORIGIN OF THE COLLAS
- CHAPTER XX THE GREAT PROVINCE OF CHUCUITU IS REDUCED, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PROVINCES
- CHAPTER XXI THE SCIENCES WHICH THE YNCAS HAD ACQUIRED: AND FIRST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ASTRONOMY
- CHAPTER XXII THEY UNDERSTOOD THE MEASUREMENT OF THE YEAR, AND THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES
- CHAPTER XXIII THEY OBSERVED THE ECLIPSES OF THE SUN, AND WHAT THEY DID WHEN THOSE OF THE MOON OCCURRED
- CHAPTER XXIV THE MEDICINES THEY USED, AND THEIR MANNER OF EFFECTING CURES
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE MEDICINAL HERBS THEY USED
- CHAPTER XXVI OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE TOUCHING GEOMETRY, ARITHMETIC, AND MUSIC
- CHAPTER XXVII THE POETRY OF THE YNCAS AMAUTAS, WHO ARE PHILOSOPHERS, AND HARAVICUS OR POETS
- CHAPTER XXVIII OF THE FEW INSTRUMENTS WHICH THE INDIANS USED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
CHAPTER I - OF THE IDOLATRY OF THE SECOND AGE, AND OF ITS ORIGIN
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I OF THE IDOLATRY OF THE SECOND AGE, AND OF ITS ORIGIN
- CHAPTER II THE YNCAS SOUGHT THE TRUE GOD OUR LORD
- CHAPTER III THE YNCAS KEPT A IN A SACRED PLACE
- CHAPTER IV OF MANY GODS IMPROPERLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE INDIANS BY THE SPANISH HISTORIANS
- CHAPTER V OF MANY OTHER MEANINGS OF THE WORD HUACA
- CHAPTER VI WHAT AN AUTHOR SAYS CONCERNING THEIR GODS
- CHAPTER VII THEY KNEW OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL, AND OF THE GENERAL RESURRECTION
- CHAPTER VIII OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SACRIFICED TO THE SUN
- CHAPTER IX OF THE PRIESTS, RITES, AND CEREMONIES, AND OF THE LAWS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FIRST YNCA
- CHAPTER X THE AUTHOR COLLATES HIS OWN STATEMENTS WITH THOSE OF THE SPANISH HISTORIANS
- CHAPTER XI THEY DIVIDED THE EMPIRE INTO FOUR DISTRICTS, AND REGISTERED THEIR VASSALS
- CHAPTER XII TWO DUTIES WHICH THE DECURIONS PERFORMED
- CHAPTER XIII CONCERNING CERTAIN LAWS THAT THE YNCAS INSTITUTED IN THEIR GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER XIV THE DECURIONS GAVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS
- CHAPTER XV THE INDIANS DENY THAT AN YNCA OF THE BLOOD ROYAL HAS EVER COMMITTED ANY CRIME WHATEVER
- CHAPTER XVI THE LIFE AND ACTS OF SINCHI ROCA THE SECOND KING OF THE YNCA DYNASTY
- CHAPTER XVII LLOQUE YUPANQUI, THIRD KING, AND THE MEANING OF HIS NAME
- CHAPTER XVIII TWO CONQUESTS MADE BY THE YNCA LLOQUE YUPANQUI
- CHAPTER XIX THE CONQUESTS OF HATUN-COLLA, AND THE ORIGIN OF THE COLLAS
- CHAPTER XX THE GREAT PROVINCE OF CHUCUITU IS REDUCED, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PROVINCES
- CHAPTER XXI THE SCIENCES WHICH THE YNCAS HAD ACQUIRED: AND FIRST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ASTRONOMY
- CHAPTER XXII THEY UNDERSTOOD THE MEASUREMENT OF THE YEAR, AND THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES
- CHAPTER XXIII THEY OBSERVED THE ECLIPSES OF THE SUN, AND WHAT THEY DID WHEN THOSE OF THE MOON OCCURRED
- CHAPTER XXIV THE MEDICINES THEY USED, AND THEIR MANNER OF EFFECTING CURES
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE MEDICINAL HERBS THEY USED
- CHAPTER XXVI OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE TOUCHING GEOMETRY, ARITHMETIC, AND MUSIC
- CHAPTER XXVII THE POETRY OF THE YNCAS AMAUTAS, WHO ARE PHILOSOPHERS, AND HARAVICUS OR POETS
- CHAPTER XXVIII OF THE FEW INSTRUMENTS WHICH THE INDIANS USED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
Summary
That which we call the second age, and the idolatry that was practised in it, had its origin with Manco Ccapac, the Ynca who first established the empire of the Yncas, kings of Peru, who reigned for a period of four hundred years, though the Father Bias Valera says that it was for more than five hundred and near six hundred years. We have already spoken of Manco Ccapac, relating who he was and whence he came, how he founded his empire and subjugated the Indians who were his first vassals, teaching them to sow, and rear flocks, to build houses, and to perform the other acts necessary to sustain the natural life. We recounted how his sister and wife, the Queen Mama Ocllo Huaco, taught the women to sew, weave, and bring up their children, to serve their husbands with love and cheerfulness, and to perform all the other household duties of a good wife. We also stated that they taught the natural laws to their people, and gave them laws and precepts for a moral life, for the common good of all, that they might not offend each other, either in their honour or their estates. They also taught the Indians their idolatry and ordered them to worship the Sun as principal God, persuading them that it was right to do so, by reason of its beauty and splendour. They declared that the Pachacamac (which means the sustainer of the world) had not in vain advanced the Sun so far above all the stars of heaven, granting them as his servants, that they might adore him, and hold him as their God.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 101 - 105Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010