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Imahmana Imahmana Viracocha Viracocha Viracocha and Tocapo Virachocha (Inca)
Son of the creator Viracocha. After the Great Flood and the Creation, Viracocha sent
his son Imaymana Viracocha together with his brother Tocapo Viracocha to visit the
tribes and see if they still followed the commandments they had been given. As they
went, Imaymana and Tocapo gave names to all the trees, flowers, fruits and herbs,
and taught the people which of these could be eaten, which could cure, and which
could kill.
Inti Inti Inti (Inca)
Sun god. Inti's image is a golden disk with a human face surrounded by bright rays.
Every day Inti soars across the sky to the western horizon, plunges into the sea, and
swims under the earth back to the east. Inti's sons are Wirakocha, Pachacomac, and
Manco Capac.
Itzamna Itzamna (Maya)
"Lizard House." Sky god and healer, son of Hunab Ku. Founder of the Mayan capital
city of Mayapan. God of drawing and letters, patron of learning and the sciences.
Itzamna can bring the dead back to life. His symbol is a red hand to which the ill pray
for healing.
Ix Ix Chel Chel (Maya)
"Lady Rainbow." Consort of Itzamna. Goddess of the moon, of weaving and of
medicine. Her hands and feet are claws, and there are snakes in her hair. Except for
Hunab Ku, all the other gods are the progeny of Ix Chel an Itzamna.
Ixtab Ixtab (Maya)
Goddess who rules the paradise of the blessed, who are served magnificent food and
drink in the shade of the tree Yaxche. For reasons completely obscure, Ixtab is
portrayed as a hanged woman with a noose around her neck.
Kami Kami and Keri (South American generally)
Kami and Keri were born into the sky world as the sons of the jaguar Oka and a
woman created by magic. Their mother was killed by Mero, the jaguar's mother, and
in revenge, Kami and Keri burned her and themselves up in a great fire. Bringing
themselves back to life, they came to earth as human beings where the separated the
heavens from the earth, stole fire from the eyes of Fox, and made the rivers with
water stolen from the Great Snake. After teaching humans how to live together, their
work was done, and they climbed to a mountain peak where they disappeared.
Konira Konira Konira Wirakocha Wirakocha (Inca)