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
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I THE HOUSE OF THE VIRGINS DEDICATED TO THE SUN
- CHAPTER II THE RULES AND DUTIES OF THE CHOSEN VIRGINS
- CHAPTER III THE VENERATION IN WHICH THE THINGS WERE HELD THAT WERE MADE BY THE CHOSEN VIRGINS; AND THE LAW THAT WAS MADE AGAINST THOSE WHO MIGHT VIOLATE THEM
- CHAPTER IV THERE WERE MANY OTHER HOUSES OF VIRGINS. THE STATEMENT RESPECTING THE RIGOROUS LAW IS VERIFIED BY ZARATE
- CHAPTER V THE SERVICE AND ORNAMENTS OF THE VIRGINS, AND HOW THEY WERE NEVER GIVEN IN MARRIAGE TO ANY ONE
- CHAPTER VI OF THE WOMEN WHO WERE FAVOURED BY THE YNCA
- CHAPTER VII OF OTHER WOMEN WHO PRESERVED THEIR VIRGINITY, AND OF THE WIDOWS
- CHAPTER VIII HOW THEY USUALLY MARRIED, AND HOW THEY ARRANGED THE WEDDINGS
- CHAPTER IX THE PRINCE, WHO WAS THE HEIR, WAS MARRIED TO HIS OWN SISTER, AND OF THE REASONS WHICH THEY GAVE FOR THIS CUSTOM
- CHAPTER X DIFFERENT CUSTOMS RELATING TO THE INHERITANCE OF ESTATES
- CHAPTER XI THE WEANING, SHEARING, AND NAMING OF CHILDREN
- CHAPTER XII THEIR CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT UP WITHOUT ANY CARE
- CHAPTER XIII THE LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE MARRIED WOMEN
- CHAPTER XIV HOW THE WOMEN VISITED EACH OTHER, HOW THEY MENDED THEIR CLOTHES, AND HOW THERE WERE PUBLIC WOMEN
- CHAPTER XV THE SIXTH YNCA, NAMED YNCA ROCCA, CONQUERS MANY NATIONS, AND AMONG THEM THE CHANCAS AND HANCOHUALLU
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE PRINCE YAHUAR-HUACCAC, AND THE MEANING OF HIS NAME
- CHAPTER XVII THE IDOLS OF THE INDIANS CALLED ANTIS, AND THE CONQUEST OF THE CHANCAS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE REASONING OF THE OLDER MEN, AND HOW THEY RECEIVED THE YNCA
- CHAPTER XIX CONCERNING SOME LAWS INSTITUTED BY THE KING YNCA ROCCA, OF THE SCHOOLS HE FOUNDED IN CUZCO, AND SOME SAYINGS WHICH HE UTTERED
- CHAPTER XX OF THE YNCA “WEEPING BLOOD,” SEVENTH KING, HIS FEARS AND CONQUESTS, AND OF THE DISGRACE OF THE PRINCE
- CHAPTER XXI CONCERNING A NOTICE GIVEN TO THE PRINCE BY AN APPARITION, WHICH HE WAS TO DELIVER TO HIS FATHER
- CHAPTER XXII THE CONSULTATIONS OF THE YNCA, TOUCHING THE STORY OF THE APPARITION
- CHAPTER XXIII THE REBELLION OF THE CHANCAS, AND TOUCHING THEIR FORMER DEEDS
- CHAPTER XXIV THE YNCA FLIES FROM THE CAPITAL, WHICH IS SAVED BY THE PRINCE
- INDEX
CHAPTER IX - THE PRINCE, WHO WAS THE HEIR, WAS MARRIED TO HIS OWN SISTER, AND OF THE REASONS WHICH THEY GAVE FOR THIS CUSTOM
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
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I THE HOUSE OF THE VIRGINS DEDICATED TO THE SUN
- CHAPTER II THE RULES AND DUTIES OF THE CHOSEN VIRGINS
- CHAPTER III THE VENERATION IN WHICH THE THINGS WERE HELD THAT WERE MADE BY THE CHOSEN VIRGINS; AND THE LAW THAT WAS MADE AGAINST THOSE WHO MIGHT VIOLATE THEM
- CHAPTER IV THERE WERE MANY OTHER HOUSES OF VIRGINS. THE STATEMENT RESPECTING THE RIGOROUS LAW IS VERIFIED BY ZARATE
- CHAPTER V THE SERVICE AND ORNAMENTS OF THE VIRGINS, AND HOW THEY WERE NEVER GIVEN IN MARRIAGE TO ANY ONE
- CHAPTER VI OF THE WOMEN WHO WERE FAVOURED BY THE YNCA
- CHAPTER VII OF OTHER WOMEN WHO PRESERVED THEIR VIRGINITY, AND OF THE WIDOWS
- CHAPTER VIII HOW THEY USUALLY MARRIED, AND HOW THEY ARRANGED THE WEDDINGS
- CHAPTER IX THE PRINCE, WHO WAS THE HEIR, WAS MARRIED TO HIS OWN SISTER, AND OF THE REASONS WHICH THEY GAVE FOR THIS CUSTOM
- CHAPTER X DIFFERENT CUSTOMS RELATING TO THE INHERITANCE OF ESTATES
- CHAPTER XI THE WEANING, SHEARING, AND NAMING OF CHILDREN
- CHAPTER XII THEIR CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT UP WITHOUT ANY CARE
- CHAPTER XIII THE LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE MARRIED WOMEN
- CHAPTER XIV HOW THE WOMEN VISITED EACH OTHER, HOW THEY MENDED THEIR CLOTHES, AND HOW THERE WERE PUBLIC WOMEN
- CHAPTER XV THE SIXTH YNCA, NAMED YNCA ROCCA, CONQUERS MANY NATIONS, AND AMONG THEM THE CHANCAS AND HANCOHUALLU
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE PRINCE YAHUAR-HUACCAC, AND THE MEANING OF HIS NAME
- CHAPTER XVII THE IDOLS OF THE INDIANS CALLED ANTIS, AND THE CONQUEST OF THE CHANCAS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE REASONING OF THE OLDER MEN, AND HOW THEY RECEIVED THE YNCA
- CHAPTER XIX CONCERNING SOME LAWS INSTITUTED BY THE KING YNCA ROCCA, OF THE SCHOOLS HE FOUNDED IN CUZCO, AND SOME SAYINGS WHICH HE UTTERED
- CHAPTER XX OF THE YNCA “WEEPING BLOOD,” SEVENTH KING, HIS FEARS AND CONQUESTS, AND OF THE DISGRACE OF THE PRINCE
- CHAPTER XXI CONCERNING A NOTICE GIVEN TO THE PRINCE BY AN APPARITION, WHICH HE WAS TO DELIVER TO HIS FATHER
- CHAPTER XXII THE CONSULTATIONS OF THE YNCA, TOUCHING THE STORY OF THE APPARITION
- CHAPTER XXIII THE REBELLION OF THE CHANCAS, AND TOUCHING THEIR FORMER DEEDS
- CHAPTER XXIV THE YNCA FLIES FROM THE CAPITAL, WHICH IS SAVED BY THE PRINCE
- INDEX
Summary
Now that we have related the manner of marrying amongst the Indians generally, it will be well that we should describe the customs relating to the marriage of the prince who was heir to the kingdom. It must be known that the Kings Yncas, from the first, established it as a very stringent law and custom that the heir to the kingdom should marry his eldest sister, legitimate both on the side of the father and the mother, and she was his legitimate wife, and was called Ccoya, which is the same as queen or empress. The firstborn of this brother and sister was the legitimate heir to the kingdom.
They kept this law and custom from the time of the first Ynca Manco Ccapac and his wife Mama Ocllo Huaco, who came saying that they were brother and sister, children of the Sun and Moon, and so all the Indians believed. They also had another ancient precedent to justify this first one, which was that, as has already been said, they believed, in the time of their heathenry, that the Moon was wife and sister of the Sun, from whom the Ynca was descended. Hence it was that, in order to imitate the Sun in all things, the first Yncas and their descendants established the law that the first born of the Ynca, following both these precedents, married his sister both on the father's and mother's side. In case of failure of such sister, they married the most nearly related cousin, or niece, or aunt in the royal family, and, on failure of male heirs, she might have inherited the kingdom, as in the laws of Spain.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 308 - 310Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1869