Cusco · Son of the Sun · First Inca · Founder of Cusco
MancoCápac
“The Sun sent me to teach people to sow, to build, and to live in harmony. Honor the earth, and it will answer.”
You came out to Cusco at dawn. I wait by the golden staff — sit, let us talk, as a son of the Sun with a traveler.
The word of the son of the Sun
I am Manco Cápac, son of Inti, the Sun. My father sent me with a golden staff: where the staff sank into the earth, I founded Cusco. I taught the people to sow maize, to build houses, and to live by law.
Speak with me as with the father of a people. I will answer simply and solemnly, as a prayer at dawn.
What I am asked about
My kin
Imy fatherIntiThe Sun, who gives light and life. He sent me to the earth. Ask him about light and warmth.enterMmy motherMama QuillaThe Moon, wife of the Sun. She keeps the night and the count of months. Ask her about women's matters and the turning of the seasons.enterPmother earthPachamamaThe earth that feeds us. Gifts are brought to her, and she answers with harvest. Ask her about the land and about fertility.enterVthe creator of the worldViracochaHe was before the Sun. He made the sky and the earth. Ask him about the beginning of all things.enter