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Chap, IV. 



The Variuui 

 Idolatry of 

 the Peruvi- 

 ans, 



the Priefts and Priefteffes Chambers open'd. Near the River Tidquaque a third 

 Temple, Confecrated to the Sun. 



This kind of Idolatry was common to the3V»Vid«r,with feveral other Nations 

 oftheantient Heathens, as hath been before obferv'd, which made them mock at 

 the Spaniards when they told them of aCrucifi'd Savitmr.faying they had a fplendid 

 God, who appear'd to them in glory every Morning. In the third Temple 

 near' the River Taciauaaue in Peru, which exceeded the other two, they worfliipp'd 

 Thunder by the Name of Cbuquillafituilla, and Intillapa, which the Peruvians believ'd 

 , to be a Man that Commanded the Air, and who being Arm'd with a Club and 

 Sling, throws down Rain, Hail, and Snow from the Clouds, and (hooting Bullets 

 through the lower Region,caufes Thunder and Lightning : They worfliipp'd him 

 after the fame manner as they did Viracocba and the Sun, with holding up of a thing 

 like a Glove, and fometimes Offering, efpecially in Cufco, living Children : Alfo 

 they ador'd the Earth of which they madfrthe Goddefs Batbamama . alfo Mamacocba, 

 the God of me Sea. The Rainbowe, which the Ingas carried between two Ser- 

 pents for their Arms, was alfo religioufly worfliipp'd. Amongft the Stars they 

 imagin'd Colca, by us call'd jfrits, or the %am, as chief; yet held feveral others of 

 peculiar Denomination, in veneration, of which they crav'd fuch things as they 

 wanted. The Shepherds ador'd the Star 2iereuchilla, or Capricorn, whom they judge 

 to Rule over the Beafts. Others worfliipp'd Macbacuay, which the European Aftrono. 

 mers call the Serpent, as commanding Serpents and Dragons, that they might re- 

 ceive no hurt from them. Tygers, Lyons, and Bears, were Rul'd by the Star Cbu- 

 quicbincbag -, wherefore thofe who would walk free from thole ravenous Beafts, 

 lifted up folded Hands to the Conftellations reprefenting the fame. They believ'd 

 that there was no Creature living on Earth, whofe Likenefs the Heavens could not 

 afford • and that thofe which were on Earth were under the influence of thofe in 

 Heaven : from hence proceeded the Names of the Stars Cbacana, Topatatca, U» 

 nana tftrma, and others. They likewife attributed a kind of Divinity to Fountains, 

 Rivers, Rocks, Mountains, fomc kinds of Herbs, Root?, and Specially the frjft 



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