ABSTRACT

During the reigns of the Incas many other new temples were built, where sacrifices and festivals were celebrated. Next after the temple of Curicancha, the second huaca of the Incas was the hill of Guanacauri, which is within sight of the city, and was much honoured and frequented. The temple of Vilcanota was a little more than twenty leagues from Cuzco, near the village of Chungara. Besides the temples, there was another which was as much venerated and frequented by them, named Coropuna, in the province of Condesuyo. The temple that was venerated and frequented by the Incas and the natives of the provinces was the huaca of Ancocagua, where there was also a very ancient oracle which was famous. There was always a large concourse of people in it, from many parts, and the devil talked more freely than in the other oracles, for he constantly gave numerous replies, and not occasionally, as in the other temples.