Title: La fauna sagrada de Huarochirí /
Authors: Millones, Luis.; Mayer, Renata.
Date: 2012
Publisher: IEP, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos :
Physical description: 161 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: Spanish
LC classification: G
Abstract: The construction of divine images was an important starting point in the beings that surrounded the man in the beginning of time. All animals with attributes impossible rival, offered the possibility of building shapes that our ancestors dreamed. Nobody could fly like the condor, move and attack with the elegance of a puma or appear suddenly as the serpent. These and other members of the Andean fauna are which ignited the imagination of the mysterious author of the Huarochirí manuscript. This document, "small regional Bible" as Arguedas called it, remains the only sacred text preserved in quechua, which recounts the saga of gods, animals, and men prior to the arrival of Europeans. So, its no surprise, other sacred texts like Gilgamesch, Genesis and the Popol Vuh books also glorified the fauna that populated the known landscapes.
Contents: Introducción -- Los dioses del manuscrito Huarochiri -- La fauna sobrenatural -- El puma, el cóndor y la serpiente -- A manera de conclusiones --
Notes: "Este volumen corresponde al tomo 296 de la colección 'Travaux de l'Institut français d'études andines'"--T.p. verso.
Subject headings (LCSH): Animals, Mythical--Peru--Huarochirí (Province).; Animals, Mythical--Peru.; Huarochirí (Peru : Province)--History--Sources.; Manuscrito quechua de Huarochirí.; Quechua Indians--Religion.