A Peruvian folktale??
I need to find a folktale from Peru and explain its culteral signifigance. I hold know idea how to find this sooo... ??
Answers: There are several; you can start beside the legend of Manco Capac and his wife Mama Ocllo which come out from lake Titicaca, sent by Inti (The god Sun) to form the Inca Empire. There are more folktales resembling Hermanos Ayar, la Pachamama, etc.
Manco Capac , legendary founder of the Inca dynasty of Peru. According to the most frequently told story, four brothers, Manco Capac, Ayar Anca, Ayar Cachi, and Ayar Uchu, and their four sisters, Mama Ocllo, Mama Huaco, Mama Cura (or Ipacura), and Mama Raua, lived at Paccari-Tampu [tavern of the dawn], several miles distant from Cuzco. They gather together the tribes of their locality, marched on the Cuzco Valley, and conquered the tribes living here. Manco Capac had by his sister-wife, Mama Ocllo, a son call Sinchi Roca (or Cinchi Roca). Authorities concede that the first Inca chief to be a historical figure be called Sinchi Roca (c.1105-c.1140). Thus the foundation for an empire be laid. Another legend relates that the Sun created a man and a woman on an island contained by Lake Titicaca. They were given a golden staff by the Sun, their father, who bade them settle ineradicably at whatever place the staff should sink into the land. At a hill overlooking the present city of Cuzco the staff of gold ingots disappeared into the earth. They gather around them a great many general public and founded the city of Cuzco and the Inca state. I found sum for u, now it's up to U to explain it's
"culteral signifigance"cuz I enjoy "know" idea wat that is to say or how two dew it. hope this helps U.
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