Paqarina is a

quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

term that ancient Andeans used to describe the place of origin, and final destination, of their ancestors. ''Paqarinas'' were associated with physical landmarks such as holes in the ground or lakes. In

Incan The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...

mythology the word also describes a type of "portal" through which the forces of life and death flow.

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