Le mihla yamandulo yeentaba iyingxenye yenkcubeko yasePeruvia
Njengoko uhamba ngePeru , ngokukodwa kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zase-Andean, mhlawumbi uva okanye ufunde igama elithi apu. Kwi-Inca mythology, i-apu yayinguye igama elinikezelwa kwimimoya enamandla entaba. Ii-Incas zasebenzisa ipu ukubhekisela kwiintaba ezingcwele; nganye ntaba ibe nomoya wayo, ngumoya obizwa ngegama lentaba yayo yentaba.
I-Apus yayiqhelekileyo imimoya yindoda, nangona kukho imizekelo yabesifazane.
Ulwimi lwesiQuechua - oluthethwa yi-Incas kwaye ngoku lulo lwesibini ulwimi oluqhelekileyo kwi-Peru yanamhlanje - ubuninzi be-apu buyi-apukuna.
Inca Mountain Spirits
Inca mythology zasebenza ngaphakathi kweendawo ezintathu: uHanan Pacha (ummandla ophezulu), uKay Pacha (umbuso wabantu) kunye ne-Uku Pacha (ihlabathi elingaphakathi, okanye eliphantsi komhlaba). Iintaba - ukunyuka kwihlabathi labantu kuHanan Pacha - zanikezela i-Incas uxhulumaniso kunye noothixo abanamandla.
Imimoya yeentaba ze-apu yayiye yabakhusela, ibukele imimandla ejikelezileyo kwaye ikhusela abemi base-Inca abasondeleyo kunye nemfuyo yabo kunye nezityalo. Ngexesha loxinzelelo, i-apus yayinconywa okanye idluliselwa ngeminikelo. Kukholelwa ukuba babantu ngaphambili kwimimandla ye-Andes, kwaye bahlala bengabalindi balabo abahlala kule ndawo.
Iminikelo emincinci efana nok (i-bhisiya yegumbi) kunye namaqabunga e-coca ayeqhelekileyo. Ngezihlandlo ezibuhlungu, i-Incas yayiza kubamba iqonga lomntu.
U-Juanita - "i-Inca Ice Maiden" yafunyanwa kwiNtaba yaseAmpato ngo-1995 (ngoku eboniswa kwi-Museo Santuarios Andinos eArequipa) - mhlawumbi yayingumnikelo owenzelwa umoya wentaba phakathi kwe-1450 no-1480.
I-Apus kwi-Modern Peru
Imimoya yase-apu ayizange iphele emva kokupheliswa kwe-Inca Empire - eqinisweni, bayaphila kakhulu kwintsomi yamandulo yasePeruvia.
Abaninzi basePeru, namhlanje bazalwa kunye nabakhulayo kwimimandla yase-Andean, basenokholo lokubuyela kwi-Incas (nakuba ezi nkolelo zihlala zidibaniswe kunye neenkalo zeenkolelo zamaKristu, kaninzi zikholo lamaKatolika).
Ingcamango yemimoya ye-apu iyahlala iyaxhaphaka kwiindawo eziphakamileyo, apho abanye basePeruva baqhuba iminikelo kwizithixo zeentaba. Ngokutsho kukaPaul R. Steele kwi-Handbook ye-Inca Mythology, "Abavumisi abaqeqeshwayo banokuxubusha kunye neApus ngokugxotha amacembe e-coca kwiingubo ezilukiweyo kunye nokufunda imilayezo echanekileyo ekuqwalaselweni kwamagqabi."
Kuyaqondakala ukuba iintaba eziphakamileyo ePeru zihlala zingcwele. Nangona kunjalo, iintsika ezincinci zihlonishwa njenge-apus. I-Cuzco , eyayiyinkunzi ye-Inca, i-apus e-12 engcwele, kuquka i-Ausangate enqabileyo (20,945 ft / 6,384 m), iSssayhuamán neSalkantay. I-Machu Picchu - "i-Old Peak," emva koko i-site ye-archaeological ibizwa ngokuba yi-apu engcwele, njengowommelwane waseHuayna Picchu (8,920 ft / 2,720 m).
Eminye imifanekiso yeApu
"I-Apu" ingasetyenziselwa ukuchaza inkosi enkulu okanye elinye igunya. Ii-Incas zanikela ngesihloko esithi Apu kwi-rhu lumente ngamnye wee-suyus ezine (imimandla yolawulo) ye-Inca Empire.
Ngo-Quechua, i-apu ineentsingiselo ezahlukeneyo ngaphaya kokubaluleka kwayo kokomoya, kubandakanywa isityebi, esinamandla, umphathi, oyintloko, onamandla kunye nobutyebi.