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  INCA 
  CULTURE 
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  into 
  a 
  great 
  gold 
  cup 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  image 
  of 
  the 
  Sun, 
  and 
  the 
  priests 
  

   emptied 
  it 
  into 
  a 
  gold-sheathed 
  stone 
  basin 
  which 
  was 
  kept 
  in 
  the 
  

   Great 
  Square 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  

  

  Coca, 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  vegetable 
  offering, 
  was 
  burned. 
  Some- 
  

   times 
  the 
  leaves 
  were 
  burned 
  whole, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  after 
  chewing. 
  

   Maize 
  flour 
  and 
  other 
  powdered 
  grains, 
  wool, 
  and 
  llama 
  fat 
  were 
  very 
  

   common 
  offerings. 
  Fine 
  clothing, 
  full 
  size 
  or 
  miniature, 
  formed 
  part 
  

   of 
  nearly 
  every 
  sacrifice. 
  It 
  was 
  burned 
  alone, 
  or 
  wrapped 
  around 
  

   bundles 
  of 
  carved 
  wood 
  which 
  represented 
  human 
  beings. 
  Gold 
  and 
  

   silver 
  were 
  offered 
  in 
  small 
  lumps 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  human 
  or 
  animal 
  

   figurines, 
  and 
  were 
  usually 
  buried 
  or 
  hung 
  on 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  shrine. 
  

   (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  13, 
  chs. 
  21-22; 
  Molina 
  of 
  Cuzco, 
  1913; 
  Morua, 
  

   1922-25, 
  bk. 
  13, 
  ch. 
  13; 
  Las 
  Casas, 
  1892, 
  ch. 
  12.) 
  

  

  Sea 
  shells 
  were 
  the 
  favorite 
  offering 
  to 
  springs. 
  Sometimes 
  they 
  

   were 
  thrown 
  in 
  whole, 
  other 
  times 
  cut 
  into 
  small 
  pieces, 
  carved 
  into 
  

   figures, 
  or 
  ground 
  to 
  powder. 
  They 
  were 
  offered 
  after 
  planting, 
  with 
  

   a 
  prayer, 
  like 
  the 
  one 
  translated 
  above, 
  that 
  the 
  spring 
  continue 
  to 
  

   give 
  its 
  water. 
  White 
  maize 
  flour 
  and 
  red 
  ocher 
  were 
  offered 
  to 
  the 
  

   sea. 
  When 
  no 
  other 
  offering 
  was 
  available, 
  the 
  worshiper 
  pulled 
  out 
  

   a 
  few 
  eyebrow 
  hairs 
  or 
  eyelashes 
  and 
  blew 
  them 
  toward 
  the 
  shrine. 
  

  

  In 
  Cuzco, 
  all 
  fire 
  for 
  sacrifice 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  stone 
  brazier 
  

   near 
  the 
  Temple 
  of 
  the 
  Sun, 
  where 
  a 
  fire 
  of 
  carved 
  and 
  scented 
  wood 
  

   supplied 
  by 
  the 
  Chicha 
  tribe 
  was 
  kept 
  always 
  burning. 
  (Morua, 
  

   1922-25, 
  bk. 
  14, 
  ch. 
  2; 
  Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  13, 
  ch. 
  22.) 
  

  

  Certain 
  sacrifices 
  were 
  performed 
  daily 
  in 
  Cuzco. 
  Every 
  morning 
  

   before 
  sunrise 
  a 
  fire 
  of 
  carved 
  wood 
  was 
  laid. 
  Just 
  as 
  the 
  sun 
  appeared 
  

   it 
  was 
  lighted, 
  and 
  some 
  specially 
  prepared 
  food 
  was 
  thrown 
  in, 
  while 
  

   the 
  priest 
  said, 
  "Eat 
  this, 
  Lord 
  Sun, 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  we 
  

   are 
  thy 
  children." 
  The 
  priests 
  ate 
  the 
  surplus. 
  Later, 
  a 
  dark-red 
  

   llama 
  was 
  sacrificed 
  to 
  the 
  Sun, 
  and 
  some 
  baskets 
  of 
  coca 
  were 
  

   burned 
  with 
  it. 
  

  

  Other 
  sacrifices 
  were 
  made 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  every 
  month. 
  The 
  

   Emperor 
  and 
  his 
  court 
  assembled 
  in 
  the 
  Great 
  Square, 
  and 
  100 
  picked 
  

   llamas 
  were 
  brought 
  in. 
  The 
  high 
  priest 
  then 
  came 
  forward, 
  made 
  a 
  

   gesture 
  of 
  reverence 
  to 
  the 
  images 
  of 
  Viracocha 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  gods, 
  

   had 
  the 
  animals 
  led 
  four 
  times 
  around 
  the 
  images, 
  and 
  then 
  dedicated 
  

   them 
  to 
  Viracocha 
  in 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Sun. 
  The 
  llamas 
  were 
  then 
  

   distributed 
  to 
  30 
  attendants 
  who 
  represented 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  month. 
  

   Each 
  attendant 
  brought 
  out 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  for 
  sacrifice 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  that 
  

   his 
  turn 
  came, 
  so 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  month, 
  the 
  whole 
  100 
  had 
  been 
  

   sacrificed. 
  A 
  great 
  fire 
  of 
  carved 
  wood 
  was 
  built, 
  and 
  the 
  sacrificed 
  

   llamas 
  were 
  cut 
  into 
  quarters 
  and 
  burned 
  as 
  completely 
  as 
  possible. 
  

   The 
  unburned 
  bones 
  were 
  ground 
  to 
  a 
  powder, 
  a 
  little 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   priests 
  blew 
  from 
  their 
  hands 
  while 
  repeating 
  a 
  ritual 
  phrase. 
  Any 
  

   powder 
  that 
  remained 
  was 
  stored 
  in 
  a 
  building 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  called 
  

  

  