| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit name "Acacila" | Aymara Indian / Peru / BoliviaTiticaca Basin | Animistic spirit. One of a group of vaguely defined beings who control the weather, including Rain, hail and frost.... |
| Spirit name "Apacita" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | Guardian spirit. The apotheosis of a pile of stones marking the top of a påśś or some other critical point on a route invoked by travelers with small offerings to strengthen them on their journey.... |
| Spirit name "Huaca" | Peru | Huacas, spirits that either inhabit or actually are physical phenomena such as waterfalls, mountains, or man-made shrines. Peru |
| Spirit name "Huaca" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | spirit being. The apotheosis of a natural object such as a rock or a place of local importance such as a spring. It is uncertain whether the principle is one of animism (when a deity takes on different natural shapes at will) or anImatism (when an object is a supernatural being in its own right).... |
| Spirit name "Huanacauri" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | Guardian spirit. The apotheosis of a special spindle-shaped stone sited near Cuzco which protected the Inca royal family and also featured strongly in the maturation rites of male Inca adolescents. Also Wanakawri.... |
| Spirit name "Iguanchi" | Peru | The benevolent and friendly chief spirit who directs all the important acts in the life of the Jivaro. Peru |
| Spirit name "Kere'tkun" | Chukchee / eastern Siberia | Sea spirit. The chief being in the ocean depths, known to the maritime Chukchee. His consort is Cinei'nen. He owns all the creatures of the sea and is said to wear a cloak of walrus gut and to be extremely fierce. He feeds on the bodies of drowned fishermen and is the subject of sacrifice. Also Peruten.... |
| Spirit name "Pava" | Peru | The returning messianic god-spirit who has yet to return. Peru |
| Spirit name "Wanka" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | Guardian spirit. The apotheosis of a tall stone or boulder (HVACA) set upright in the center of a field.... |
| Spirit name "Wawki" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | Guardian spirit. The apotheosis of a stone or HVACA which each Inca emperor carried with him as a personal tutelary deity. The object was known as a brother.... |
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