Ayar Cachi (in Hispanicized spelling) or Ayar Kachi (''kachi'' means salt in
Quechua) was one of the brothers of
Manco Cápac
Manco Cápac ( Quechua: ''Manqu Qhapaq'', "the royal founder"), also known as Manco Inca and Ayar Manco was, according to some historians, the first governor and founder of the Inca civilization in Cusco, possibly in the early 13th century.Presc ...
, who emerged from the cave at
Paqariq Tampu.
[de Gamboa, P.S., 2015, History of the Incas, Lexington, ] He could shoot down hills with a single shot of his sling.
One legend tells that Ayar Cachi was very strong and was also very cruel to not only the natives they met along their journey to the
Valley of Cuzco
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ov ...
but also to his own people. The other Incas, Ayar Cachi’s brothers and sisters (
Manco Capac,
Ayar Auca,
Ayar Uchu,
Mama Ocllo,
Mama Huaco,
Mama Ipacura, and
Mama Raua) all were afraid he would cause their people to desert them, so they made a plan to have him killed. Manco Capac told Ayar Cachi that they had left important objects back at the windows they had originated out of and asked him to go get them. The Inca’s sent Tampu-Chacay, who had been secretly ordered to kill Ayar Cachi, back to the windows with him. Ayar Cachi entered through the window called Ccapac-tocco in order to retrieve the items, but while he was in there, Tampu-Chacay sealed the opening with a rock, trapping Ayar Cachi inside to die. In retaliation Ayar Cachi turned Tampu-Chacay to stone, but was unable to escape the trap set for him by the other Inca’s.
See also
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The legend of the Ayar brothers (in Spanish)
References
Inca mythology
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