The paths of the ceque system converged at Qorikancha, a temple devoted to Inti—the god of the sun and one of the highest deities of the Inca pantheon—and ran through the four corners of the ...

Mountain deities were seen as lords of the forces of nature who presided over crops and livestock. In essence they were the protectors of the Inca people, the keepers of life who reached up toward ...

The Capacocha ritual was one of the most significant religious ceremonies in the Inca Empire. It involved sacrificing children and young women to deities and sacred places at the summits of ...

worship of mountains as gods, and elaborate burial procedures. Sacrifices were often made during or after a portentous event: an earthquake, an epidemic, a drought, or after the death of an Inca ...