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was called "INTI", the Moon "QUILLA" and the
stars, such as Venus, and others, were called
"KOILLOR" and "CASCAS"; the lightning
"YLLAPA", the rainbow "QUICHI" and the
thunde.r
'~KUNUNUN
OCC".
Each s:anctuary was served by a special
pri~st,
the chief ·being called "HUYLLACC-HU-
MA", that is, the head who gives notice; there
were also priests dedicated to the worship of the
Moon, "MAMA-QUILLA" (Mother Moon).
SACRIFICES: On the altars or tables of sa·
crifice, which were of stone, were made the of- .
f
ering to the Sun, consisting of large animals,
such as
the
llama, and also smaller oues, such
as the guinea pig b whose
entra~ls
tb@ priest
f
orecast the
uture.
Historians are almost agreed
that the Ingas did not make hu an s
1
acrifices,
although orne a11ege tha:t children were sacrí–
ficed.
OFFERINGS: I_n addition to the sacrifices
which
W
1
ere made in the great religious
f
estivals
(almost all
f
estivities
being
of a religious cha–
racter) there were constant offerings of sacrifi-
.
.
ces to all the divinities concentrated . in the san-
t,µarfes. These offerings consisted·of artistic figu–
res in gold, silver or copperhumans, ani,mals and
plants; so nurnerous were the articles of gold
and silver that the site where tbey were accumu–
lated was called CORICANCHA or the sibe of
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