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

  

  the 
  Annunciation, 
  the 
  Assumption, 
  and 
  the 
  days 
  dedicated 
  to 
  Saint 
  

   Peter 
  and 
  Saint 
  Paul. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these 
  festivals, 
  each 
  month 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  other 
  lesser 
  holidays, 
  usually 
  celebrated 
  in 
  services 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   cessions 
  by 
  some 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  community: 
  In 
  January, 
  the 
  feast 
  of 
  the 
  

   Kings; 
  February, 
  St. 
  Mathias' 
  day; 
  March, 
  St. 
  Joseph's 
  day; 
  May, 
  

   St. 
  Philip 
  and 
  St. 
  James, 
  and 
  the 
  Invention 
  of 
  the 
  Cross; 
  June, 
  the 
  

   Nativity 
  of 
  St. 
  John 
  the 
  Baptist; 
  July, 
  St. 
  James 
  the 
  Greater 
  and 
  

   St. 
  Anne's 
  days; 
  August, 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  St. 
  Bartholomew; 
  Sep- 
  

   tember, 
  St. 
  Matthew 
  and 
  St. 
  Michael; 
  October, 
  St. 
  Simon 
  and 
  St. 
  

   Judas; 
  November, 
  All 
  Saints' 
  Day 
  and 
  St. 
  Andrew; 
  December, 
  St. 
  

   Thomas, 
  St. 
  Stephen, 
  St. 
  John 
  the 
  Evangelist, 
  the 
  Day 
  of 
  the 
  Inno- 
  

   cents, 
  and 
  St. 
  Sylvester 
  (Pefia, 
  1698, 
  p. 
  672). 
  It 
  cannot 
  be 
  empha- 
  

   sized 
  too 
  strongly 
  that 
  religious 
  education 
  was 
  achieved 
  by 
  this 
  intri- 
  

   cate 
  ritual 
  calendar. 
  Nearly 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  each 
  year, 
  it 
  is 
  true, 
  was 
  

   consumed 
  in 
  its 
  celebration, 
  but 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  the 
  feasts 
  

   invoke 
  all 
  the 
  major 
  events 
  of 
  the 
  genealogy 
  and 
  Life 
  of 
  Christ, 
  and 
  

   that 
  among 
  them 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  apostles 
  is 
  commemorated. 
  

   By 
  this 
  means, 
  the 
  ritual 
  calendar 
  itself 
  became 
  a 
  lengthy 
  catecheti- 
  

   cal 
  exercise; 
  the 
  parishioners 
  learned 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Testa- 
  

   ment 
  through 
  direct 
  participation 
  in 
  its 
  festivals. 
  Among 
  the 
  cofra- 
  

   dias, 
  arduous 
  preparations 
  were 
  undertaken 
  for 
  the 
  appropriate 
  

   celebration 
  of 
  the 
  particular 
  day. 
  Individual 
  prestige 
  was 
  accumu- 
  

   lated 
  by 
  the 
  discharge 
  of 
  the 
  major-domo's 
  responsibilities, 
  and 
  at 
  

   many 
  points 
  the 
  prestige 
  system 
  and 
  the 
  experience 
  of 
  Christian 
  

   doctrine 
  coincided 
  within 
  the 
  demands 
  of 
  the 
  ritual 
  calendar. 
  

  

  MYTHOLOGY 
  AND 
  LITERATURE 
  

  

  Mythology. 
  — 
  The 
  gradual 
  historical 
  transformation 
  of 
  Quechua 
  

   mythology 
  is 
  sparsely 
  documented. 
  A 
  detailed 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  my- 
  

   thology 
  and 
  ritual 
  of 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Huamachuco, 
  written 
  about 
  1561, 
  

   deserves 
  special 
  mention 
  (Augustinians, 
  1865, 
  pp. 
  5-58). 
  A 
  creator 
  

   named 
  Ataguju 
  was 
  given 
  a 
  triple 
  aspect 
  suggesting 
  an 
  influence 
  from 
  

   Christian 
  Trinitarian 
  teachings. 
  The 
  Christians 
  figured 
  in 
  the 
  myth- 
  

   ological 
  narrative 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  by 
  

   Ataguju. 
  The 
  Conquest 
  also 
  assumed 
  mythological 
  proportions, 
  

   and 
  among 
  its 
  consequences 
  was 
  the 
  multiplication 
  of 
  the 
  huacas 
  by 
  

   fragmentation 
  (cf. 
  Arriaga, 
  1920, 
  pp. 
  23-25). 
  

  

  Messianic 
  cult. 
  — 
  The 
  hostile 
  fusion 
  of 
  Christian 
  symbols 
  with 
  

   Quechua 
  mythology 
  assumed 
  a 
  violent 
  expression 
  in 
  a 
  religious 
  out- 
  

   break 
  in 
  1565 
  (Molina 
  of 
  Cuzco, 
  1916, 
  pp. 
  93-103). 
  As 
  a 
  phenomenon 
  

   of 
  revived 
  huaca 
  worship, 
  it 
  spread 
  throughout 
  the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  

   Chuquisaca, 
  La 
  Paz, 
  Cuzco, 
  Huamanga, 
  Lima, 
  and 
  Arequipa, 
  both 
  

   among 
  the 
  hatunrunas 
  (encomienda 
  dwellers) 
  and 
  the 
  yanaconas 
  

   (urban 
  Indians). 
  It 
  was 
  reputed 
  to 
  emanate 
  from 
  Vilcabamba, 
  

  

  