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The Legend of Ayar Auca

The legend of Ayar Auca tells that after settling in Matahua, the remaining original Inca siblings (Mama Ocllo, Mama Huaco, Mama Ipacura, Mama Raua, Manco Capac, and Ayar Auca) saw a pile of stones in what would be at present day Cuzco. Manco Capac told his brother Ayar Auca, who had wings, to fly to the pile of stones and claim the land as his own, for that is what they had agreed upon. When Ayar Auca flew over to the stones and sat upon them he immediately turned to stone^[1].

The Incan proverb “Ayar Auca Cuzco huanca”, which means “Ayar Auca a heap of marble”, comes from the legend of Ayar Auca^[1].

^ ^a ^b Goode, Abby (2018). The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature. Plymouth, NH: Public Commons Publishing. pp. 57–58.

[:0-1] Goode, Abby (2018). The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature. Plymouth, NH: Public Commons Publishing. pp. 57–58.

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