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Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas
Clements R. Markham, Clements R. Markham
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Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas
Clements R. Markham, Clements R. Markham
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Translated from the Original Spanish Manuscripts, and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction. Texts include: An account of the fables and rites of the Yncas, by CristĆ³bal de Molina, c. 1570-84,; An account of the antiquities of Peru, by Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti-Yamqui Salcamayhua [an Indian], c. 1620; A narrative of the errors, false gods, and other superstitions and diabolical rites in which the Indians of the province of Huarochiri lived in ancient times, by Dr. Francis de Avila, 1608; Report by Polo de Ondegardo, c. 1560. Indexes include one of Quichua vocabulary. The supplementary material includes the 1872 and 1873 annual reports. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1873.
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INDEX.
I.āSUBJECTS.
Administration (Civil), 155, 156 (see Laws)
Agriculture. Irrigation, 19; sowing, 19; ploughing, 48; harvest, 52; patronage of, 78; method of labour, 157
Antiquity of Ynca civilization, 151
April. Harvest time, 52
August. Ceremonies in, 20; rains commence, 21
Bathing. At installation of knights, 45
Breeches. Ceremony of conferring knighthood, by giving, 35, 36, 43
Building. Tribute, 170; materials, 171
Cable. Ceremony of, 48, 111 (note)
Celibacy of youths, 82 (see Virgins)
Ceremonies at festival of the Sun, 17; at the driving forth of evils (situa), 21, 24, 26, 33; at the installation of knights, 35ā46: of the cable, 48; of the water sacrifice, 50; when a woman conceived, 53; when a child was named, 53; when a girl reached the age of puberty, 53, 80; of worshipping heaps of stones on mountain passes, 78; of coronation, 105
Cloth. Distribution, 160; tribute, 167
Comets, 95
Confession. Custom of, 15
Conquests. Of first Ynca, 76; of Pachacutec, 93ā96; progress of by the Yncas, 152 (see War)
Coronation. Ceremony, 105
Costumes (see Dresses)
Creation. Tradition of, 4, 5, 6, 7
Creator. Attributes, 6, 7; argument for existence of, 11; prayer to, 20, 28, 33, 89; precedence given to, 26; representation of, 76; honour paid to, 84, 167; temple to, 11
Cultivation (see Agriculture)
Dancing (see Music)
December. Sham-fight in, 47
Deluge. Traditions of, 4, 5, 9, 132, 153
Devils. In early times, their power, 70, 71, 78; exposure of, 86 (see Huacas in list of Quichua words)
Dramas, 90
Dresses. Of young knights, 36, 40, 44; of maidens, 37; of parents and relations, 37, 49; of villagers, 77
Drinking (see Libations)
Ears. Ceremony of boring, 35, 46
Emeralds, 94
Famine, 97
Farm, 98 (see Agriculture)
Fasting, 82, 85, 97
February, 52
Festival of the Sun, 16; for driving forth evils, 21; of knighthood, 35ā46; for multiplication of flocks, 46 (see Ceremonies)
Fish. Sent fresh from the coast to Cuzco, 169
Flocks. Feast for, 46; management of, 158, 160, 161
Forest conservancy, 165
Fortress of Cuzco. Commenced, 88; building, 90
Future state. Belief as to, 48; speculations as to, 85
Hair. Ceremony of shearing, 37, 53; combing of girlsā, 80; men ordered to shave, 82
Harvest, 52
Heads. Practice of compressing, 78, 82
Human sacrifices, 54, 79, 85, 100
Hunting. Rules as to, 164
Insignia (see Royal)
Irrigation, 19
January, 51
July. Occupations in month of, 19
June. Festival in sowing-time, 19
Knighthood. Festival of admission to, 35...