In the Quechuan languages of South America, a huaca or wak'a is an object that represents something revered, typically a monument of some kind. The term...

Hanan Wak'a (Quechua hanan elevated, high, wak'a a local god of protection, a sacred object or place, "high wak'a", Hispanicized spelling Hananhuaca)...

Huaca Huallamarca (possibly from Quechua wak'a a local god of protection, a sacred object or place / sacred, Walla a people, marka village) also known...

archaeological compound of Wak'a Wallamarka is only a little smaller than Wak'a Pukllana, and is similarly an adobe scaled pyramid, but this wak'a possesses the unique...

religion is the concept of wakʽą, an energy or power permeating the universe. The unified totality of wakʽą is termed Wakʽą Tʽąką and is regarded as the...

Huaca Pucllana or Huaca Juliana (possibly from Quechua wak'a a local shrine to a protector deity, a sacred place, sacred, pukllana game) is a great adobe...

nightclubs. There are many beaches for sunbathing, swimming and fishing. Wak'a Wallamarka "Estadística Poblacional - Ministerio de Salud del Perú". Lima...

Cuzco, it was decided what type and quantity of offerings each shrine or wak'a would receive, of which the Incas maintained a clear record. The tributes...

collected under the title of wak’a. Sacred sites or things named wak'a were spread around the Inca Empire. In Andean mythology a wak'a was a deific entity which...

itself on being home to many Peruvian artists. A few museums, as well as the Wak'a Wallamarka, a pre-Inca burying temple which dates back to the 4th century...

Hawaiian lizard goddess Waka language, an Adamawa language of Nigeria Huaca or wak'a, in the Quechua language, a class of sacred objects Waka (poetry), a genre...

persisted in the empire, most of them concerning local sacred huacas or wak’a, but the Inca leadership encouraged the sun worship of Inti—their sun god—and...

important are the mountain spirits (apu) as well as lesser local deities (wak'a), who are still venerated especially in southern Peru. The Quechuas came...

forward the locality should be venerated by all, making it a prayer place and wak'a, whither to go to pray for oracles and to sacrifice.": 66–67  "History of...

reciprocal obligations to each other. The ayllu would often have their own wak'a, or minor god, usually embodied in a physical object such as a mountain...

Ayopaya Province, Cocapata Municipality, west of the village of Chorito. Wak'a P'iqi lies at the left bank of the Jatun Mayu ("big river"). Bolivia 1:100...

including the Oromo and Somali languages. Waaqa (Oromo pronunciation: [waːkʼa]) still means 'God' in the present Oromo language. Other Cushitic languages...

ceremonial structures are associated with water. There are two unusual temple wak'a sites that lie several hundred meters lower than the two plazas. These are...

great flood sent by Virachocha to destroy the giants that built Tiwanaku. A Wak'a was a sacred object such as a mountain or a mummy. Ancestor worship has...

Pachatusan. This pair, known as Wak'a Los Sapos de Wiraqucha (Spanish los sapos de the toads of), has been considered a wak'a by the local people. "South...

Wak'ani (Aymara wak'a girdle, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a girdle", hispanicized spelling Huacani) is a mountain in the Khari Khari...

made architectural interventions at Pumacayan, which held the principal wak'a of the Huaylas people. This might explain why Pedro Cieza de León records...

altitude shrines, there were also many holy shrines or religious sites, called wak’a, that were a part of the Zeq’e system along and near the roads, especially...

their main deity the thunder god of Catequil, an oracle and the principal wak'a of the Huamachucos, later incorporated into the official Inca pantheon,...

(translated "sugar loaf" or "sugar bread") may refer to Pan de Azúcar or Wak'a Wallamarka, an archaeological site in Peru Pan de Azúcar National Park,...

into seven districts, which are: Cordillera de Colán Reserved Zone Hanan Wak'a Kuntur Puna Q'arachupa Willka Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario...

Vacas (Quechua name: Wak'as, deriving from Wak'a) is a Bolivian village in the southeast of the Cochabamba Department. It is the capital of the Vacas...

southern tip of the Chena hills has been denominated as a huaca (Quechuan Wak'a) a sacred place, a space of ritual use. The Chena's Pucará was observed...

Wamantana Wanakawri Waypun Yana Chukchu Yana Qaqa Yana Urqu Yanaqucha Yawar Wak'a The Willkanuta River which flows through the Sacred Valley is one of the...

Wak'ani (Aymara wak'a girdle, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a girdle", Hispanicized spelling Huacani) is a mountain in the Cordillera...