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From Viracocha to the Virgin of Copacabana : representation of the sacred at Lake Titicaca

How Andean myths of cosmic and ethnic origins centered on Lake Titicaca evolved from pre-Inca times to the enthronement of the Virgin of Copacabana in 1583.
Print Book, English, 1997
University of Texas Press, Austin, 1997
Historia
IX, 208 p. il. 23 cm
9780292777132, 9780292777125, 0292777132, 0292777124
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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Sacred Dimension of Lake Titicaca2. The Kolia Narrative Cycle3. The Inca Narrative Cycle4. The Christian Narrative Cycle: Christ’s Apostle and the Virgin of CopacabanaConclusionAppendix: Tito Yupanqui’s LetterNotesWorks CitedIndex