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;

to confusion in the various descriptions. It

not alvvays appear under the same name.

olina cites it as arroyo de ap hi '; others des–

i gnat

it as- 'Wakapana-mayu"; and title deeds

lancl bel n °·ing to Diego Arias lVIaldonado

rnns ic1 r U as ' Purinvvalla . Another nan1e \vas

°' ·El aminante de la Pradera', vvorthy of replac–

ing th on in pres nt use, and -vvhose etyn1ology

i -.

not as irigenious as that of 'Watan-watanja–

nanai ' meaning "year after year , how tiresome".

'rll

former of these two na·m s might b inter-

1n·ctted p rhaps as something binding togeth r

\\' O

s ctions of the city, since that is the aspect

\Vhich it gives one from above.

SUKAN

During the

~1ka.

eriod there

" :ere various

stofie

e-olumns or pillars near Kar–

menka, dedicaded to the Sun · -

so~ewhat

simi–

lar to the "in · ·ata.nas". Obse vations \Vere a.lso

ta.ken of

t ,

from these heights and meterolo–

gical phenomena were prognosticated. Naturally,

the primodial interest of an agricultura! popula ..

tion would consist in learning of the proximity

of tempests, rain, hailstorms, .frost, etc.

Who in Cuzco does not repeat these verses,

probably an aphorism of the Inka meterologists

"'~ha

had already determined that the predominant -

vYinds. blow from the northwest:

"Senka oscuro,

aguacero seguro"

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