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In Inca mythology, '''Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqutra''', commonly known today as 'Con-Tici Viracocha' or simply 'Viracocha', was the creator of civilization, and one of the most important deities in the Inca canon.
In one legend he had one son, Inti and two daughters, Mama Quilla and Pachamama. In this legend, he destroyed the people around Lake Titicaca with a Great Flood called Unu Pachakuti, saving two to bring civilization to the rest of the world, these two beings are Manco Capac, the son of Inti (sometimes taken as the son of Viracocha), which name means "splendid foundation", and Mama Ocllo, which means "mother fertility". These two founded the Inca civilization carrying a golden staff, called ‘tapac-yauri’. In another legend, he fathered the first eight civilized human beings. In some stories, he has a wife called Mama Cocha.
In another legend [1],
Viracocha (The Creator) had two sons - 'Imahmana Viracocha' and 'Tocapo Virachocha'. After the Great Flood and the Creation, Viracocha sent his sons to visit the tribes to the Northeast and Northwest to determine if they still obeyed his commandments. Viracocha himself traveled North. During their journey, Imaymana and Tocapo gave names to all the trees, flowers, fruits and herbs. They also taught the tribes which of these were edible, which had medicinal properties, and which were poisonous. Eventually, Viracocha, Tocapo and Imahmana arrived at Cuzco (in modern day Peru) and the seacoast where they walked across the water until they disappeared. The word "Viracocha" literally means "Sea Foam[2]."
For the meaning of ''Tiqsi Huiracocha'', ''tiqsi'' means foundation or base in Quechua, ''huira'' means fat (which the Inca knew as a source of energy), and ''cocha'' means lake, sea, or reservoir. His many epithets include ''great'', ''all knowing'', ''powerful'', etc.
Huiracocha was also the name of an Inca, father of Pachacutec.
Another name for Viracocha is ''Con-Tici Viracocha''[3], and he is identifiable with the Polynesian sun god. The ''Kon-Tiki'' took its name from this alternate .
Graham Hancock has speculated that Viracocha was in some way related to Quetzalcoatl[4], a deity of the Mexica (Aztecs). While the mythology of the two deities is quite similar, many respected Aztec historians, archeologists, anthropologists, and other Aztec experts do not agree, mostly due to a lack of orthodox historical evidence.
His role as creator and civilizator is similar to the colombian myth of Bochica.

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★ Manco Capac

★ Inti