ABClatino Magazine Year 3 Issue 8 | Page 17

Myths & Legends

Myths and Legends of Latinoamérica

The Snake Sister

The Incas were consolidated as the pre-Hispanic state of greatest extension in America. It covered the Andean territories that currently correspond to southern Colombia, passing through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, to central Chile and northwestern Argentina. The capital of the Empire was the city of Cusco (navel of the world), being the center of the development of the Inca ethnic group since its inception and its foundation by Manco Capac. This myth was taken from the work Warriors, Gods and Spirits of the Mythology of Central and South America, by Douglas Gifford:

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