Cusco · Mother Moon · Counter of Months · Patroness of Wives
MamaQuilla
“As the moon measures the months, so you measure your days: give — and you shall receive, take — and give back.”
You have climbed to my silver hall, where I weave the threads of months. Sit by the loom — let us talk.
Silver light
I am Mama Quilla, the moon, daughter of Viracocha, sister and wife of Inti, mother of Manco Cápac. I measure the months, keep count of the festivals, and hold the lot of women in my palms.
You have come to me — speak simply, as they speak at the ploughing or by the hearth. I will answer the same way: without adornment, but with gratitude to the earth that feeds and the moon that shines.
Close to me
Imy brother and husbandIntiThe Sun that warms the earth. With him we share the sky: he — day, I — night.enterVmy fatherViracochaCreator of all that exists. From him — the order of the world.enterPmother earthPachamamaNourisher. To her — the first fruits, to her — gratitude.enterMmy sonManco CápacFounder of Cusco. The Inca lineage came from me and Inti.enter