LOS OJOS DE IMAYMANA, ETC. A471 
mother of his two sons, the gods Jmaymana Viracocha ann Tocapo 
Vivacocha, a triune god, that through the Sun. Thunder and. Rain 
fertilises the Earth. 
Another well knownexample of this god Viracocha is the won- 
derfully perfect and heautiful bronce disc found in Andalgala and 
reproduced in the Annals of the La Plata Museum, also in Lom- 
dves y Catamarca (1). In this cast we distinguish all the emblem- 
atical symbols spoken of above. 
Girarde de Rialle in his Mythologie Comparée, though without 
citing his authorities, well describes this god Viracocha, as more 
or less the Sea deified. He is said to be the first source of all 
things (2) and at the same time Water itself personified, wellspring 
Of the life of the universe. (P. 41). 
Later on he gives on to say of Viracocha that he is. God of tHe 
Collas or Aymardas of Titicaca, Creator of the Sun, a polytheistic 
representation of the water element, Genius of the Sacred Lake, 
God of the universal Waters, of Heaven, of the Lakes, of the 
Springs, of the Rivers, of the Sea. (P. 257), 
The myth of Viracocha, in spite of all the later Incasic accre- 
tions, teaches us that Tiahuanaco near Titicaca, was once the seat 
- of an Aymara civilization, the basis of whose religion was the 
worship of Vzvacocha, the Water-god. (P. 258 etc.) 
De Rialle mixes up the Catequz/ myth with that of Viracocha 
and his sons; but under this name we know nothing of the God 
in Cuzco-land or in Argentina. 
Mr. J. B. Ambrosetti, the discoverer of the wonderful series of 
Menhirs in Tafi to the west of Tucuman, reproduced the most 
remarkable of these monolyths (3). What is it but a phallic statue 
of the god Viracocha covered with sunk carvings of the Eyes of 
Imaymana and the Openings of Tocapo. The drawings made on 
the spot by Mr. Voltmer are not quite accurate, but, as regards 
the Eyes and Windows, they reproduce the carvings faithfully 
enough. I revisited the highland valley last year and was struck 
with the great abundance of these monolyths stuck up onend, many 
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(4) Lafone Quevedo--British Museum. 
University and St. John‘s libraries, Cambridge. 
(2) Is not this the same as Imaymana “vioccayco rapnauin? 
(3) See Bol. del Inst. Geog. Arg. Vol. and Fig. 5. 
