ABSTRACT

This king, seeing how greatly the number of gods had increased, and perceiving that they adored equally the sole god of their ancestors and the modern gods brought in by different peoples, and as it seemed to him that this equality was harmful to the ancient god, he called a great meeting and afterwards he ordered that the great Pirua god should be invoked by this name : Illatici Huira Cocha, because at this time the Pirua name was corrupted and they said Huira Cocha, so henceforth we shall say Illatici Huira Cocha, which means the glory and void and foundation wherein and whereon are all things, because ilia signifies glory, and tici foundation. Huira, anciently, before it was corrupted, was pirua, which is the storehouse of all things, and cocha is abyss and profundity. Besides this, these names have great emphasis in their significations.