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Based on eyewitness accounts of rituals conducted at the height of Inca rule, this is a key document that provides an unparalleled account of the prayers and religious celebrations of the Inca in a context of rapidly changing cultural practices.

Table of Contents
Preface: Translators' Notes
Acknowledgments
The Life and Times of Cristóbal de Molina
Introduction by Brian S. Bauer

Account of the Fables and Rites of the Incas

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Origin Myths
Chapter 3: Of Quipus and Inca Yupanqui
Chapter 4: The Sorcerers
Chapter 5: The Rituals of the Months of the Year
Chapter 6: The Ayuscay, Rutuchico, and Quicochico Rituals
Chapter 7: The Capacocha
Chapter 8: Taqui Onqoy

Appendix: Editions of Cristóbal de Molina's Account of the Fables and Rites of the Incas (Relación de las fábulas y ritos de los incas)
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/2011
      ISBN13: 9780292743984, 978-0292743984
      ISBN10: 029274398X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Based on eyewitness accounts of rituals conducted at the height of Inca rule, this is a key document that provides an unparalleled account of the prayers and religious celebrations of the Inca in a context of rapidly changing cultural practices.

      Table of Contents
      Preface: Translators' Notes
      Acknowledgments
      The Life and Times of Cristóbal de Molina
      Introduction by Brian S. Bauer

      Account of the Fables and Rites of the Incas

      Chapter 1: Introduction
      Chapter 2: Origin Myths
      Chapter 3: Of Quipus and Inca Yupanqui
      Chapter 4: The Sorcerers
      Chapter 5: The Rituals of the Months of the Year
      Chapter 6: The Ayuscay, Rutuchico, and Quicochico Rituals
      Chapter 7: The Capacocha
      Chapter 8: Taqui Onqoy

      Appendix: Editions of Cristóbal de Molina's Account of the Fables and Rites of the Incas (Relación de las fábulas y ritos de los incas)
      Notes
      Glossary
      Bibliography
      Index

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