Ayar Cachi

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Ayar Cachi (Cachi means salt in Quechua[1]) was one of the brothers of Manco Cápac, who emerged from the cave at Pacaritambo. He could shoot down hills with a single shot of his sling.

His brothers feared him, so he was sent back to the cave they came from and trapped in it with rocks.[2]

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  1. ^ E.J. Brill, The Ceque System of Cuzco, p. 75
  2. ^ Steele, Paul Richard; Allen, Catherine J. (2004). Handbook of Inca mythology. ABC-CLIO. p. 102. ISBN 1-57607-354-8.