INCAN GODS
Dimension of Origin: Hanan Pacha ("El
Dorado") ==History== The Incan Gods or Yananamca Intanamca as they were known to
their worshippers are a race of superhumanly powerful humanoid
beings who were once worshipped by the Incan and Quecha Indians of South America
from around 1000 BC
to 1532 AD when the Spanish conquistadors invaded the land. In some sources,
they are also known as Huacas, but this is erroneous; a huaca is a totem or
shrine that represents its given Incan god. It is not the name for the Incan
gods themselves. The Incan have limited worshippers today, but
they have declined in power since the fall of the Incan Empire. The precise origin of the Incan gods, like that of all of Earth's pantheons of gods, is shrouded in
legend. The earliest Incan gods were Pachacamac, the sky-father, and
Pachamama, the earth-mother. It is believed that Pachamama was actually Gaea, the
primordial earth-mother who had survived the destruction of the Elder Gods of
Earth by infusing her life into the life-giving essence of the Earth. Many of
the Elder Gods had degenerated into demonic status and were destroyed by Atum or
had fled Earth for other planes of existence. Atum had been born from Gaea by
mating with the sentient biosphere of the Earth known as the Demiurge. Among the
earliest of the Incan gods was the Quecha sun-god, Bochica, who gave agriculture,
laws and culture to the ancient tribes of South America. He took Chia, the
moon-goddess as his wife, and she gave mortals joy and laughter. According to
varying legends passed down as myth, when mortals became too decadent, she
allied herself with Chibchacum to destroy the Earth with fire. Bochica being a
more benevolent deity created a flood to save mortal man, rescuing two mortals
to father the next generation of mortal man. As penance, Bochica exiled Chia to
the heavens and imprisoned Chibchacum to the underworld to support the Earth,
his movements creating earthquakes from time to time. Each of the various tribes
of South America had different versions of this tale passed down through the
ages. The Guiana tribes traced their ancestry to the god, Aiomun Kondi, whose
son, Okononrote descended to Earth from the heavens on a rope to become ancestor
of the Carib Indians. The Carib-Arawak Indians claimed Kururumany had created
man under the supervision of a deity named Aluberi, but when mankind became
evil, he sent lizards and vermin to make life harsh for mortal man. The
Tupi-Guarani Indians traced their ancestry to two demigods named Kame and Keri
who stole fire from the heavens after the flood to guide mortal man. Whether all
these legends are derived from a solitary event or sequence of events is
unrevealed. The most dominant tribe of South America were the Incans who
worshipped the sun-god, Viracocha,
believed to be the eldest son of Bochica and Chia. Viracocha was said to have
created a tribe of giants to populate the Earth, but when they disobeyed him, he
sent the flood to wipe them out and begin anew. According to legend, Viracocha then began anew by
creating mankind from clay and sent them to Earth through the cave at
Pacariqtambo near modern Cuzco where they were received by Tovapod and Aroteh,
possibly members of Bochica's earlier generation of mortals. Virachoca took the fertility-goddess,
Cocomama, as his wife, and they sired the next generation of Incan gods. It is believed by some accounts that Viracocha once lived on earth as a mortal
ruler and departed Earth at some point to rule in another dimension which became
Hanan Pacha, later dubbed "El Dorado" by the later Spanish Invaders.
Among his children were the sun-god, Inti, and Quilla, the moon-goddess, who
became ancestors of the ascendant Incan rulers. His son, Manco Capac, arrived on
Earth through Lake Titicaca in Peru and founded modern Cuzco. When the Incan
Empire came into power, they began assimilating all the neighboring rival tribes
and their gods into one pantheon of deities ruled over by Viracocha, who became
Chieftain of the Incan gods. As the Incan gods departed Earth, they retired to
Hanan Pacha and rarely trafficked with their mortal worshippers. The
Incan Gods seem to share Hanan pacha with a number of others races who may share
the same ancestors as themselves. Among them are the Achachilas,
mountain-spirits who were revered by the Aymara Indians. Among them, Viracocha
is said to have seduced the female Achachila, Illimani, and conceived the god,
Sajama. They are also joined by a race of fairy-like beings called the Zemes who
were supposed to carry messages between mortals and gods. The war-god, Cherruvue,
holds dominion over the Guecufu, evil spirits who carried famine and pestilence
among mortals. Other rival gods assimilated into the pantheon of the Incan gods
include the Tupinamba, the gods of the Tupi-Guarani Indians and the Kenaima, the
gods of the Caribbean and Arawak Indians. Around 1000 AD, Viracocha was approached by Odin,
Chieftain of the Asgardian gods, to meet with the rulers of the other gods once
worshipped on Earth to discuss the threat of the Third Host of the Celestials.
The Celestials had threatened to seal off the portals of each of their godly
realms unless they promised to stop interfering in mortal affairs. Viracocha swore to this pledge and even made a vow to Odin to
donate the necessary life energies to the Asgardians slain during the Fourth
Host of the Celestials. When Thor
came to El Dorado to petition a portion of the required life energies as part of
this vow, Viracocha saw that a debt had been paid to his realm and offered Thor
the necessary energies to restore the slain Asgardian gods to life. Due to
this vow, the Incan gods were unable to intervene when Spanish Conquistadors
invaded the lands of their worshippers and conquered South America. In some
areas of Brazil and Guiana, they are rivaled by the Voodoo
Gods of the Africans brought with the invading Europeans. The Incan Gods have very few
worshippers today, but several of their ancient rites still exist today combined
with tenets of Roman Catholicism. The Kamekeri Indians of Costa Verde are one of
the few mortal tribes to still honor the Incan gods, and when the aged sorcerer
Kulan Gath held one of their gods as a sacrifice to try and gain godhood for
himself, he was defeated by the Avengers and sacrificed to his own personal dark gods.
In recent years, Inti
allied himself with Hercules of the Olympian gods to defy
the alien Skrull gods from invading Earth.
Relationships to Other
Pantheons: Due to their remoteness, the Incan gods have not had as much
exposure to foreign gods as much as the other pantheons of Earth up to the
formation of the Council
of Godheads. They have some kinship with the Gods
of Mexico; both of them sharing rites involving blood sacrifice. It is
theorized they had contact with the gods
of the Polynesians; Easter Island reportedly being Incan in design rather than
Maori. There is some dissension with the Voodoo
Gods of the Africans transplanted in South America by the Spanish Conquistadors.
==Characteristics==
Body Type: Humanoid
==Powers==
Avg. Strength Level: All
of the Incan gods are superhumanly strong with the average male being able to lift
(press) about 30 tons under optimal conditions and the average female being able
to lift (press) about 25 tons under optimal conditions. ==
Miscellaneous==
Type of Government: Theocracy ==Trivia== ==References== ==External Links==
Habitat: Tropical
Gravity: Earth-like
Atmosphere: Earth-like
Population: 200-300 range
Other Associated Dimensions: Hanan Pacha ("the higher land")
resembles a large planetary asteroid mass with its own atmosphere and seasonal
cycles with a culture resembling Pre-Columbian South America. El Dorado, the
home of the gods, is a golden city resembling Machu Picchu surrounded by tropical
jungles and several minor structures. It is linked to Earth (Hurin Pacha or "middle land") or Manoa through
any one of a number of portals hidden on Earth in lakes and caves, such in Lake
Igague, Lake Titicaca or the cave at
Pacariqtambo near modern Cuzco. A celestial bridge named Tequendama connects
Hanan Pacha to Earth and to the underworld of Ucu Pacha
("lower land") or Nopatkuo, set aside for the spirits of their
worshippers. Ucu Pacha is also reached from earth by the Mani-mani River which
flows into it.
The Incan gods dwell in Hanan Pacha,
a small "pocket" dimension adjacent to Earth; an interdimensional
nexus between Hanan Pacha and Earth exists concealed behind Tequendama, a waterfall near Lake
Parima (modern Lake Igague) near Tunja in modern Colombia. According to the Incan Indians, the realm of the
gods could be accessed through several lakes, oasis and caverns in their lands.
The Spanish Conquistadors erroneously called this realm El Dorado, a name for
which it is referred to the present, believing it to be a City of Gold, even going
so far as searching
for it on Earth with no success.
(In truth, the name, "El Dorado," does not refer to a "city of
gold" but to a "man of gold," a fallen warrior covered in gold
dust in a religious ceremony to be laid to rest in the bottom of Lake Igague where his spirit would
ascend into heaven.)
Avg. Height: 6' 0"
Eyes: Two
Hair: Normal
Skin: Normal
Limbs: Two
Fingers: Five with opposable thumb
Toes: Five
Special Adaptations: The
Incan
gods are exceptionally long-lived, but they are not immortal
like the Olympian gods; they age very slowly upon reaching adulthood, but they
are not invulnerable to death. They are physically more durable than human
beings; their skin, bone and tissue being three times more durable and dense
than similar tissue in human beings.
Known Powers: The Incan
gods possess superhuman strength, stamina
Known Abilities: The Incan gods have skills in warfare involving blow
darts, spears and the bow and arrow.
Level Of Technology: Magic
Cultural Traits: The Incan Gods were worshipped as gods throughout the
Andes Mountains in modern Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Western Venezuela
with influences as far east as Guiana and Western Brazil. Their worshippers
include the Tupa-Guarani Indians of the east with stories carried northward by
the later Carib-Arawak Indians.
Names of Representatives:
Bachue,
Caruincho,
Chasca,
Cherruvue,
Chibchacum,
Cocomama,
Coniraya,
Ekkekko,
Huitaca,
Inti,
Jurupari,
Pachacamac,
Pachamama (Gaea),
Peruda,
Quilla,
Tupan,
Uruchillay,
Vichama,
Viracocha,
Zaramama,
et al