Willkaqucha

Willkaqucha
Location Peru
Lima Region, Huaral Province
Coordinates 11°11′55″S 76°30′38″W / 11.19861°S 76.51056°W / -11.19861; -76.51056Coordinates: 11°11′55″S 76°30′38″W / 11.19861°S 76.51056°W / -11.19861; -76.51056

Willkaqucha (Quechua willka grandchild / great-grandson / lineage / minor god in the Inca culture, an image of the Willkanuta valley worshipped as God / holy, sacred, divine, willka or wilka Anadenanthera colubrina (a tree), qucha lake)[1][2][3] hispanicized spelling Vilcacocha) is a lake in Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Huaral Province, Andamarca District.[4]

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References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Mariko Namba Walter,Eva Jane Neumann Fridman, Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, Vol. 1, p. 439
  4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaral Province (Lima Region)


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