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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  where 
  Ayar 
  awqa 
  had 
  taken 
  possession. 
  (Betanzos, 
  1880, 
  chs. 
  3-5; 
  

   Cieza, 
  1880, 
  bk. 
  2, 
  chs. 
  6-9 
  ; 
  Sarmiento, 
  1906, 
  chs. 
  11-14; 
  Cobo, 
  1890- 
  

   95, 
  bk. 
  12, 
  chs. 
  3-4; 
  Pachacuti, 
  1879, 
  pp. 
  240-246; 
  Poma, 
  1936, 
  pp.80- 
  

   87; 
  Garcilaso, 
  1723, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  bk. 
  1, 
  ch. 
  18; 
  Moriia, 
  1922-25, 
  bk. 
  1, 
  ch. 
  2.) 
  

  

  Comments: 
  This 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  

   legend 
  in 
  Cuzco, 
  to 
  judge 
  by 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  independent 
  sources 
  which 
  

   repeat 
  it. 
  The 
  story 
  explains 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  Inca 
  royal 
  dynasty, 
  of 
  

   sister-marriage 
  by 
  the 
  ruler, 
  of 
  three 
  important 
  Inca 
  shrines, 
  of 
  the 
  

   maturity 
  rite, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  sacred 
  llama. 
  The 
  skepticism 
  which 
  natu- 
  

   rally 
  arises 
  with 
  greater 
  experience 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  was 
  not 
  absent 
  in 
  Cuzco 
  

   under 
  the 
  later 
  Emperors, 
  and 
  the 
  old 
  legend 
  was 
  re-rationalized 
  in 
  

   rather 
  cynical 
  terms, 
  producing 
  what 
  Means 
  has 
  called 
  the 
  " 
  Shining 
  

   Mantle' 
  ' 
  story. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  cynics, 
  Manco 
  Capac, 
  or 
  Ayar 
  

   Manco, 
  was 
  a 
  mythical 
  character. 
  The 
  founder 
  of 
  the 
  Inca 
  royal 
  

   house 
  was 
  Sinchi 
  Eoca 
  (Manco's 
  son 
  in 
  the 
  traditional 
  story), 
  who 
  

   was 
  imposed 
  on 
  the 
  gullible 
  people 
  by 
  an 
  elaborate 
  trick 
  of 
  his 
  mother's. 
  

   She 
  spread 
  the 
  word 
  that 
  the 
  Sun 
  was 
  about 
  to 
  send 
  them 
  a 
  ruler, 
  and 
  

   then, 
  when 
  all 
  had 
  assembled 
  to 
  see, 
  brought 
  forth 
  her 
  son 
  from 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  a 
  cave 
  dressed 
  in 
  cloth 
  covered 
  with 
  golden 
  bangles 
  (*cha- 
  

   quira, 
  "beads"). 
  Dazzled 
  by 
  the 
  vision, 
  the 
  people 
  accepted 
  the 
  boy 
  

   as 
  a 
  heaven-sent 
  ruler. 
  (See 
  Means, 
  1931, 
  pp. 
  215-219 
  for 
  references.) 
  

   Neither 
  the 
  original 
  legend 
  nor 
  the 
  Shining 
  Mantle 
  story 
  can 
  be 
  ac- 
  

   cepted 
  as 
  a 
  historical 
  account 
  of 
  Inca 
  origins. 
  

  

  Another 
  well-known 
  version 
  of 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  Manco 
  Capac 
  is 
  that 
  

   preferred 
  by 
  Garcilaso. 
  It 
  makes 
  Manco 
  a 
  culture 
  hero 
  sent 
  by 
  the 
  

   Sun 
  from 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Titicaca 
  to 
  instruct 
  the 
  people 
  in 
  the 
  arts 
  of 
  

   life 
  (Garcilaso, 
  1723, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  bk. 
  1, 
  chs. 
  15-17). 
  If 
  it 
  really 
  was 
  told 
  to 
  

   Garcilaso 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  old 
  Inca 
  relatives, 
  as 
  Garcilaso 
  claims, 
  and 
  is 
  

   not 
  a 
  fabrication 
  of 
  his 
  own, 
  it 
  represents 
  an 
  interesting 
  confusion 
  of 
  

   the 
  cycle 
  of 
  Viracocha 
  with 
  the 
  cycle 
  of 
  Manco 
  Capac. 
  

  

  The 
  pages 
  of 
  Betanzos, 
  Cieza, 
  and 
  Sarmiento 
  are 
  treasure 
  houses 
  of 
  

   delightful 
  hero-tales, 
  probably 
  preserved 
  in 
  pre-Conquest 
  times 
  in 
  

   Quechua 
  narrative 
  verse. 
  The 
  volume 
  of 
  such 
  material 
  makes 
  it 
  

   impossible 
  to 
  summarize 
  the 
  whole 
  here, 
  but 
  a 
  sample 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  in- 
  

   terest. 
  

  

  The 
  deeds 
  of 
  Mayta 
  Capac. 
  — 
  Lloque 
  Yupanqui, 
  Manco 
  Capac 
  's 
  

   grandson, 
  had 
  grown 
  old 
  without 
  having 
  any 
  children. 
  His 
  people 
  

   were 
  very 
  much 
  distressed, 
  and 
  made 
  great 
  sacrifices 
  and 
  consulted 
  the 
  

   oracles, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  replied 
  that 
  Lloque 
  Yupanqui 
  would 
  yet 
  have 
  an 
  

   heir. 
  The 
  people 
  were 
  very 
  happy, 
  and 
  persuaded 
  the 
  old 
  chief 
  to 
  try 
  

   again. 
  Although 
  he 
  was 
  so 
  old 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  considered 
  miraculous, 
  he 
  

   begot 
  a 
  son, 
  Mayta 
  Capac, 
  who 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  only 
  3 
  months, 
  and 
  al- 
  

   ready 
  had 
  his 
  teeth 
  and 
  was 
  very 
  strong. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  year, 
  he 
  

   was 
  as 
  big 
  as 
  a 
  boy 
  of 
  8, 
  and 
  at 
  2 
  years 
  he 
  began 
  to 
  fight 
  with 
  really 
  

   big 
  boys 
  for 
  amusement. 
  

  

  