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CHAPTER XVIII - OF FABULOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2010

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The Indians living to the south and west of Cuzco, in the provinces called Colla-suyu and Cunti-suyu, give another account of the origin of the Yncas. They say that this event happened after the deluge (concerning which they can give no particulars, not even knowing whether it was the general deluge of the time of Noah or some other special flood, so we shall not relate what they say concerning it, and concerning other things; for the way they have of telling these stories makes them appear more like dreams or badly invented fables than historical narratives). Their account is that, after the flood subsided, a man appeared in Tiahuacanu, to the southward of Cuzco, who was so powerful that he divided the world into four parts, and gave them to four men who were called kings. The first was called Manco Ccapac, the second Colla, the third Tocay, and the fourth Pinahua. They say that he gave the northern part to Manco Ccapac, the southern to Colla (from whose name they afterwards called that great province Colla), the eastern to Tocay, and the western to Pinahua. He ordered each to repair to his district, to conquer it, and to govern the people he might find there. But they do not say whether the deluge had drowned the people, or whether they had been brought to life again, in order to be conquered and instructed; and so it is with respect to all that they relate touching those times. They say that from this division of the world afterwards arose that which the Yncas made of their kingdom, called Ttahuantin-suyu.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1869

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