Mama Ocllo

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". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
  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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